Kōtoku-in
Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Daii-zan, and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji.- Opening hours:
April—September: 8:00 AM—5:30 PM
October—March: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kotoku In”, “Kōtoku In”, and “Kōtoku-in Temple”
- Address: 28, 長谷四丁目, 鎌倉市, 神奈川県 248-0016
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Buddha of Kamakura and Kamakura Museum of Literature.
Great Buddha of Kamakura
Work of art
Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Daii-zan, and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji.
Kamakura Museum of Literature
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.
Kamakura
Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.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.
Nikaidō
Neighborhood
Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado. Nikaidō is situated 3½ km northeast of Kōtoku-in.
Kōtoku-in
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.31651° or 35° 18′ 59″ north
Longitude
139.53583° or 139° 32′ 9″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Inception
1252
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8Q7X8G8P+J8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Kōtoku-in” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kōtoku-in”
- Basque: “Kotokuin”
- Bengali: “কো তক ইন”
- Catalan: “Kōtoku-in”
- Central Bikol: “Kotoku-in”
- Chinese: “高德院”
- Czech: “Kótokuin”
- Danish: “Kōtoku-in”
- Dutch: “Kotoku-in”
- Esperanto: “Kōtoku-in”
- Estonian: “Kōtoku-in”
- Finnish: “Kōtoku-in”
- French: “Kōtoku-in”
- French: “temple Kōtoku”
- German: “Kōtoku-in”
- Gujarati: “કો-તક-ઇન”
- Hebrew: “קוטוקו-אין”
- Hindi: “को तक-ईन”
- Hungarian: “Kótoku-in”
- Indonesian: “Kōtoku-in”
- Italian: “Kōtoku-in”
- Japanese: “Kōtoku-in”
- Japanese: “こうとくいん”
- Japanese: “コウトクイン”
- Japanese: “大異山高徳院清浄泉寺”
- Japanese: “鎌倉大仏殿高徳院”
- Japanese: “高徳院”
- Khmer: “គូតុគុ-អ៊ីន”
- Korean: “고토쿠인”
- Malayalam: “കോടോകു-ഇൻ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kōtoku-in”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kōtoku-in”
- Norwegian: “Kōtoku-in”
- Persian: “کوتوکو-این”
- Polish: “Kōtoku-in”
- Portuguese: “Kōtoku-in”
- Rakhine: “ကမာကူရ ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်”
- Russian: “Котоку-ин”
- Sanskrit: “को तक इन”
- Sinhala: “කෝතොකු-ඉන්”
- Slovenian: “Kotoku-in”
- Spanish: “Kōtoku-in”
- Swedish: “Kōtoku-in”
- Tamil: “கோத்தோக்கு-இன்”
- Thai: “โคโตกูอิง”
- Thai: “วัดโคโตกุ”
- Turkish: “Kōtoku-in”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kōtoku-in”
- Wu Chinese: “高德院”
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