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Shitennō-ji

Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Built in 593 A.D., this famous Buddhist temple features a five-story pagoda, statues and turtle ponds
  • Also known as: “Shi Tenno-ji”, “Shi Tennô-ji”, “Shitenno-ji Temple”, “Shitennō-ji Temple”, and “Shitennoji”
  • Address: 18, 1, 天王寺区, 大阪市, 大阪府 543-0051

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsūtenkaku and Shitennoji High School and Junior High School.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a tower and landmark of , Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the district of . Its total height is 103 metres; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres. is situated 1 km west of Shitennō-ji.

School
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Shitennoji Junior and Senior High School is a girls' private junior and senior high school in Tennoji-ku, . It is a part of the Shi-Tennoji Gakuen, a group of Buddhist educational institutions affiliated with Shitennoji temple in Osaka. is situated 140 metres west of Shitennō-ji.

Railway station
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Tennōji Station is a major railway station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in and , , , and Tennōji-ekimae Station is a railway station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. is situated 1 km south of Shitennō-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Den Den Town and Kamagasaki.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is an old place name for a part of in , , which has the largest day laborer concentration in Japan: 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius in this area, part of which has been in slum-like conditions.

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is the largest commercial area in , . All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.

Shitennō-ji

Latitude
34.65463° or 34° 39′ 17″ north
Longitude
135.5164° or 135° 30′ 59″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMG38+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 579077537
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
11978659
Wiki­data ID
Q339859
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Shitennō-ji” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Bosnian: “Shitenno-ji”
  • Burmese: “ရှိတန်းနိုးကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Shi Tennō-ji”
  • Chinese: “四天王寺”
  • Czech: “Šitennódži”
  • Dutch: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيتنى جى”
  • Finnish: “Shitennō-ji”
  • French: “Shi Tennō-ji”
  • German: “Arahaka-ji”
  • German: “Horie-dera”
  • German: “Mitsu-ji”
  • German: “Naniwa-daiji”
  • German: “Shitennō-ji”
  • German: “Tennō-ji”
  • Greek: “Σιτέννο-τζι”
  • Indonesian: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Italian: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Japanese: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Japanese: “してんのうじ”
  • Japanese: “四天王寺”
  • Japanese: “堀江寺”
  • Japanese: “天王寺”
  • Japanese: “御津寺”
  • Japanese: “荒陵寺”
  • Japanese: “荒陵山四天王寺”
  • Japanese: “荒陵山金光明四天王大護國寺”
  • Japanese: “難波大寺”
  • Korean: “사천왕사지”
  • Korean: “시텐노지”
  • Latin: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Persian: “معبد شیتننو”
  • Polish: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Portuguese: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Romanian: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Russian: “Ситэнно-дзи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shitenno-ji”
  • Slovenian: “Šiteno-dži”
  • Spanish: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Turkish: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Сітенно”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Шітенно”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Tứ Thiên Vương”
  • Vietnamese: “Shitennō-ji”
  • Wu Chinese: “四天王寺”

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