Tennō-ji
Tennō-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple of Japan, located in Yanaka, Taitō, Tokyo. The temple was erected by Nichigen in 1274.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Tenno Ji”, “Tennō Ji”, “Tennō Temple”, “Tennō-ji Temple”, and “護国山尊重院天王寺”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Nippori Station.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Tennō-ji.
Nippori Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nippori Station is a major interchange railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is adjacent to the Yanaka neighborhood of Taito district. Nippori Station is situated 260 metres north of Tennō-ji.
Nippori Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC0.
Nippori Station is a railway station, which is situated 150 metres north of Tennō-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yanaka and Nishi-Nippori.
Yanaka
Quarter
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.
Tennō-ji
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.72662° or 35° 43′ 36″ northLongitude
139.77142° or 139° 46′ 17″ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Inception
1274Open location code
8Q7XPQGC+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1367250759OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Tennō-ji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “天王寺 (台东区)”
- Chinese: “天王寺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تينى جى”
- French: “temple Tennō”
- French: “Temple Tennō”
- French: “Tennō-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Tennō-ji”
- Japanese: “Tennō-ji”
- Japanese: “てんのうじ”
- Japanese: “天王寺”
- Persian: “تننو-جی (تایتو)”
- Persian: “تننو-جی”
- Polish: “Tennō-ji (Tokio)”
- Polish: “Tennō-ji”
- Spanish: “Templo Tennō”
- Turkish: “Tennō-ji”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tennō-ji”. Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.