Tōdai-ji

Tōdai-ji is a complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Japanese Buddhist temple in Nara
  • Also known as: “Eastern Great Temple”, “Great Eastern Temple”, “Todai ji”, “Todai-ji Temple”, “Tōdai-ji Temple”, “Todaiji temple”, and “Tōdaiji temple”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Buddha Hall and Nara National Museum.

Shrine
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is a shrine.

Museum
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The is one of the pre-eminent national art in . is situated 630 metres south of Tōdai-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seika and Nishikizu District and Seika-cho.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 9 km northwest of Tōdai-ji.

Town
Seika is a town located in , , . As of 1 September 2023 the town has an estimated population of 36,542 in 15,468 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. is situated 9 km northwest of Tōdai-ji.

Tōdai-ji

Latitude
34.68849° or 34° 41′ 19″ north
Longitude
135.84043° or 135° 50′ 26″ east
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMRQR+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12950941270
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
11776578
Wiki­data ID
Q460367
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tōdai-ji” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “توداي-جي”
  • Basque: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Burmese: “တိုးဒိုင်းဂျိ”
  • Burmese: “တိုးဒိုင်းဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Todai-ji”
  • Catalan: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Catalan: “Todaiji”
  • Chinese: “东大寺”
  • Chinese: “東大寺”
  • Croatian: “Tōdai-ji Daibucu”
  • Croatian: “Todaiji Daibucu”
  • Croatian: “Todaji Daibucu”
  • Czech: “Tódaidži”
  • Dutch: “Todai-ji”
  • Dutch: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تودائى جى”
  • Esperanto: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Todai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Todaiji”
  • French: “Grand temple de l’Est”
  • French: “Kegonshū daihonzan Tōdaiji”
  • French: “temple Tōdai”
  • French: “Tōdai-ji”
  • French: “Tōdaiji”
  • French: “Toshodaiji”
  • Gan Chinese: “東大寺”
  • Georgian: “ტოდაი-ძი”
  • German: “Todai-ji”
  • German: “Tōdai-ji”
  • German: “Todaiji”
  • German: “Tōdaiji”
  • Greek: “Τοντάι Τσι”
  • Greek: “Τοντάι-τζι”
  • Hebrew: “טודאי-ג’י”
  • Hindi: “तोडाई-जी”
  • Hungarian: “Tódai-dzsi”
  • Hungarian: “Tódaidzsi”
  • Indonesian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Indonesian: “Todaiji”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Tōdai-ji”
  • Italian: “Todai-ji”
  • Italian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Italian: “Todaiji”
  • Japanese: “大華嚴寺”
  • Japanese: “恆説華嚴寺”
  • Japanese: “東大寺”
  • Japanese: “總國分僧寺”
  • Japanese: “總國分寺”
  • Japanese: “金光明四天王護國之僧寺”
  • Japanese: “金光明四天王護國之寺”
  • Korean: “도다이 사”
  • Korean: “도다이사”
  • Korean: “도다이지”
  • Korean: “동대사”
  • Latin: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Macedonian: “Тодаиџи”
  • Malay: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Malay: “Todaiji”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Norwegian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Persian: “تودای جی”
  • Persian: “تودای‌جی”
  • Polish: “Todai-ji”
  • Polish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Portuguese: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Rakhine: “တိုးဒအိ ဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Romanian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Russian: “Тодай-дзи”
  • Russian: “Тодайдзи”
  • Serbian: “Тодаиђи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai đi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai-dži”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai-ji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Slovenian: “Todai-dži”
  • Spanish: “Todai ji”
  • Spanish: “Tōdai ji”
  • Spanish: “Todai-ji”
  • Spanish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Spanish: “Todaiji temple”
  • Thai: “โทไดจิ”
  • Turkish: “Todai-ji”
  • Turkish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Turkish: “Todaiji”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Тодай”
  • Ukrainian: “Тодайдзі”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Đông Đại”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Tōdai”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Đại tự”
  • Vietnamese: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Wu Chinese: “东大寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “東大寺”
  • “tomo sewi Totawi”
  • “tomo sewi Totawisi”

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