Gokuraku-ji
Gokuraku-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 by Ninshō and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Gokuraku Ji”, “Gokuraku-ji Temple”, and “Gokurakuji Temple”
- Address: 鎌倉市極楽寺３－６－７
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gokurakuji Station and Hase-dera temple.
Gokurakuji Station
Railway station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gokurakuji Station is a commuter railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Gokurakuji Station is situated 100 metres south of Gokuraku-ji.
Hase-dera temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon, is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Hase-dera temple is situated 470 metres northeast of Gokuraku-ji.
Joju-in Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Joju-in Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 300 metres southeast of Gokuraku-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.
Kamakura
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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. Yamanouchi is situated 3½ km northeast of Gokuraku-ji.
Shōnan
Locality
Photo: Quercus acuta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shōnan is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, including Ōiso, Hiratsuka, and Chigasaki. Shōnan is situated 4 km west of Gokuraku-ji.
Gokuraku-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.31012° or 35° 18′ 36″ northLongitude
139.5288° or 139° 31′ 44″ eastElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8Q7X8G6H+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 706110565OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Gokuraku-ji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “極樂寺 (鎌倉市)”
- Chinese: “極樂寺”
- Dutch: “Gokuraku-ji”
- French: “gokuraku-ji”
- French: “Gokuraku-ji”
- German: “Gokuraku-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Gokuraku-ji”
- Japanese: “ごくらくじ”
- Japanese: “ゴクラクジ”
- Japanese: “仏法寺”
- Japanese: “仏法寺跡”
- Japanese: “極楽寺”
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