Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin

Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin is a temple in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Hongan-ji Sapporo Betsu-in Temple, as well as near Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hongan-ji Sapporo Betsu-in Temple and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art.

Hongan-ji Sapporo Betsu-in Temple

Buddhist temple

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Hongan-ji Sapporo Betsu-in Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

Museum

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The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1977. The collection includes works by Jules Pascin and the École de Paris as well as by modern Japanese artists, in particular those with a connection to Hokkaidō. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art is situated 310 metres southeast of Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin.

Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau

Government office

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Ishikari Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. The subprefecture covers 3,539.86 square kilometres and on July 31, 2023 had a population of 2,379,802. Hokkaido Ishikari Subprefectual Bureau is situated 1½ km east of Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi and Higashi-ku.

Nishi

Suburb

Nishi is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges. Nishi is situated 2½ km northwest of Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu. Higashi-ku is situated 3½ km northeast of Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin.

Kita-ku

Suburb

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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is situated 3½ km north of Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin.

Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin

Type: Temple
Category: religion
Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.06154° or 43° 3′ 42″ north

Longitude

141.32713° or 141° 19′ 38″ east

Elevation

18 metres (59 feet)

Open location code

8RM3386G+JV

GeoNames ID

11999970

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In Other Languages

“Nishihongan Ji Sapporo Betsuin” goes by many names.

Japanese: “にしほんがんじさっぽろべついん”
Japanese: “ニシホンガンジサッポロベツイン”
Japanese: “西本願寺札幌別院”

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