Jokokuji

Jokokuji is a Buddhist temple in Nishi, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Jokokuji is situated nearby to Hokkaido Sapporo Nishi High School, as well as near Miyanomori Art Museum.

Type: Buddhist temple
Also known as: “Jokoku Ji” and “Jōkoku Ji”
Address: 12丁目, 西区, 札幌市, 北海道 063-0001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium and Miyanomori Art Museum.

Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Hwoarang17, Public domain.

The Ōkurayama Ski Jump Stadium, also known as the Ōkurayama-Schanze is a ski jumping venue located in the Miyanomori area in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium is situated 1¼ km southwest of Jokokuji.

Miyanomori Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Guillaumb, CC BY 4.0.

Miyanomori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary art located in Sapporo, Japan, that was established in April 2006 and is now closed. Miyanomori Art Museum is situated 730 metres southeast of Jokokuji.

Hokkaido Sapporo Nishi High School

School

Hokkaido Sapporo Nishi High School is a high school in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 1912. The school is operated by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. Hokkaido Sapporo Nishi High School is situated 410 metres northeast of Jokokuji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Kita-ku.

Chūō-ku

Suburb

Photo: Kuriki, Public domain.

Chūō-ku is one of the ten wards in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Chūō-ku means "central ward" in Japanese. City administration and entertainment facilities are centred in this ward. Chūō-ku is situated 3½ km east of Jokokuji.

Kita-ku

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 5 km northeast of Jokokuji.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

Photo: saname777, CC BY 2.0.

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 6 km east of Jokokuji.

Jokokuji

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Nishi, Sapporo, Central Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.06095° or 43° 3′ 39″ north

Longitude

141.29556° or 141° 17′ 44″ east

Elevation

35 metres (115 feet)

Open location code

8RM3376W+96

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3694506330

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

GeoNames ID

12000147

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In Other Languages

“Jokokuji” goes by many names.

Japanese: “Jōkokuji”
Japanese: “じょうこくじ”
Japanese: “ジョウコクジ”
Japanese: “浄国寺”

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