Sōji-ji
Sōji-ji is one of two daihonzan of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. Fodor's calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Yokohama, Japan
- Also known as: “Soji Ji”, “Sōji Ji”, “Sōji-ji Temple”, and “Sojiji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tsurumi and Kokudo.
Tsurumi
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC0.
Tsurumi Station is a railway station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Tsurumi is situated 490 metres east of Sōji-ji.
Kokudo
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kokudō Station is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kokudo is situated 770 metres southeast of Sōji-ji.
Keikyū Tsurumi Station
Railway stop
Photo: Araisyohei, CC BY 4.0.
Keikyū Tsurumi Station is a passenger railway station located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū. Keikyū Tsurumi Station is situated 650 metres east of Sōji-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nisshincho and Kōhoku-ku.
Nisshincho
Neighborhood
Photo: Chiether, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nisshincho is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km northeast of Sōji-ji.
Kōhoku-ku
Suburb
Photo: Pqks758, Public domain.
Kōhoku-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 332,488, with 156,198 households and a population density of 10,588.79 persons per km2. Kōhoku-ku is situated 3½ km west of Sōji-ji.
Ekimae-honcho
Neighborhood
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ekimae-honcho is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km northeast of Sōji-ji.
Sōji-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.50682° or 35° 30′ 25″ northLongitude
139.67085° or 139° 40′ 15″ eastElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
8Q7XGM4C+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 81093240OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Sōji-ji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “總持寺”
- Chinese: “諸嶽山”
- Dutch: “Sōji-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوجى جى”
- Esperanto: “Sōjiji”
- French: “Sōji-ji”
- Georgian: “სოძი-ძის მონასტერი”
- German: “Sōji-ji”
- Indonesian: “Sōji-ji”
- Italian: “Sōji-ji”
- Japanese: “総持寺”
- Japanese: “總持寺”
- Japanese: “諸嶽山”
- Malay: “Sōji-ji”
- Persian: “معبد سوجیجی”
- Polish: “Sōji-ji”
- Portuguese: “Sōji-ji”
- Slovenian: “Sodži”
- Spanish: “Sōji-ji”
- Ukrainian: “Соджі-джі”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Sōji”
- Welsh: “Sōji-ji”
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