Ryūhōji Temple
Ryūhōji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Ryūhōji Temple is situated nearby to the building Former Residence of the Ishii Family, as well as near the school Eiko Gakuen.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Ueki, Japan
- Also known as: “Ryuho Ji”, “Ryūhō Ji”, and “Ryūhō-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Former Residence of the Ishii Family and Ōfuna Station.
Former Residence of the Ishii Family
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Former Residence of the Ishii Family is a building, which is situated 110 metres southwest of Ryūhōji Temple.
Ōfuna Station
Railway station
Photo: Kouchiumi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōfuna station is a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Shonan Monorail. Ōfuna Station is situated 1 km east of Ryūhōji Temple.
Eiko Gakuen
School
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Eiko Gakuen is a private Catholic junior and senior high school for boys, located in Tamanawa, Kamakura, in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. The school was founded in 1947 by the Society of Jesus. Eiko Gakuen is situated 370 metres northwest of Ryūhōji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fujisawa and Yamanouchi.
Fujisawa
Photo: Guwashi999, CC BY 2.0.
Fujisawa is a small town in Kanagawa, Japan, near Kamakura. It is also the name of the municipality that encompasses Shonandai and Enoshima island.
Yamanouchi
Neighborhood
Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura. Yamanouchi is situated 3 km southeast of Ryūhōji Temple.
Sakae-ku
Suburb
Sakae-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 124,845 and a density of 6,750 persons per km². The total area was 18.55 km². Sakae-ku is situated 3½ km northeast of Ryūhōji Temple.
Ryūhōji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.35235° or 35° 21′ 8″ northLongitude
139.52041° or 139° 31′ 14″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
8Q7X9G2C+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2120842022OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Japanese—“Ryūhōji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Ryūhō-ji”
- Japanese: “りゅうほうじ”
- Japanese: “リュウホウジ”
- Japanese: “玉縄幼稚園”
- Japanese: “竜宝寺”
- Japanese: “龍宝寺”
- Japanese: “龍寶寺”
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