Chion-in
Chion-in in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū founded by Hōnen, who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Chion-in Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Shōren-in.
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is situated 1¼ km south of Chion-in.
Shōren-in
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shōren-in is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism. Shōren-in is situated 220 metres north of Chion-in.
Maruyama Park
Park
Photo: Yanajin33, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maruyama Park is a park in Kyoto, Japan. It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Kyōto-Gyoen.
Kyōto-Gyoen
Neighborhood
Photo: Shinpeiinada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Kyōto-Gyoen is situated 2½ km northwest of Chion-in.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Chion-in
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.00552° or 35° 0′ 20″ northLongitude
135.78324° or 135° 46′ 60″ eastElevation
87 metres (285 feet)Inception
1175Open location code
8Q7Q2Q4M+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 456122965OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipGeoNames ID
11494807Wikidata ID
Q873645
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Chion-in” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Chion-in”
- Burmese: “ချိအွန်အင်း”
- Burmese: “ချိအွန်းအင်း”
- Chinese: “知恩院”
- Czech: “Čionin”
- Dutch: “Chion-in”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شيون ان”
- French: “Chion-in”
- Gan Chinese: “知恩院”
- German: “Chion-in”
- German: “Chionin”
- Hungarian: “Csionin”
- Indonesian: “Chion-in”
- Italian: “Chion-in”
- Japanese: “Chion-in”
- Japanese: “ちおんいん”
- Japanese: “知恩院”
- Japanese: “華頂山大谷寺知恩教院”
- Japanese: “華頂山知恩教院大谷寺”
- Korean: “지온인”
- Korean: “치온인”
- Oriya: “ଚିଓନ-ଇନ”
- Persian: “معبد چیئون”
- Polish: “Chion-in”
- Polish: “Chion’in”
- Russian: “Тион-ин”
- Spanish: “Chion in”
- Spanish: “Chion-in”
- Swedish: “Chion-in”
- Turkish: “Chion-in”
- Ukrainian: “Йосімідзу”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Тіон”
- Ukrainian: “Отанідера”
- Ukrainian: “Тіон-ін”
- Ukrainian: “Тіон’ін”
- Ukrainian: “Тіон’їн”
- “Chion-in”
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