Higashihongan Ji

Higashihongan Ji is a temple in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Higashihongan Ji is situated nearby to the public building Mount Moiwa Ropeway, as well as near the museum Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Moiwa Ropeway and Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center.

Mount Moiwa Ropeway

Public building

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Mount Moiwa is a mountain located about 5 km southwest of the center of Sapporo, Hokkaido and 6 km southwest of Sapporo Station. A ropeway and a motorway pass through Mt. Mount Moiwa Ropeway is situated 250 metres northwest of Higashihongan Ji.

Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center

Museum

Photo: もんもん, Public domain.

Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1991. Its aim is to research, collect, provide expertise on the preservation of, and display the city's buried cultural properties. Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center is situated 470 metres east of Higashihongan Ji.

Sapporo Waterworks Museum

Museum

Photo: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sapporo Waterworks Museum is situated 620 metres northwest of Higashihongan Ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toyohira-ku and Minami.

Toyohira-ku

Suburb

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Toyohira-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The ward was established in 1972, when the Sapporo Olympics was held in Sapporo. Four other wards in Sapporo are bounded on Toyohira-ku. Toyohira-ku is situated 3½ km east of Higashihongan Ji.

Minami

Suburb

Photo: Kinori, Public domain.

Minami-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Minami-ku is directly translated as "south ward". Having the area of 657.48 km2 in total, Minami-ku occupies 60 percent of the area of Sapporo. Minami is situated 4½ km south of Higashihongan Ji.

Shiroishi-ku

Suburb

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Shiroishi-ku is one of the ten wards in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. As of August 31, 2021, the ward has a population of 213,704. Shiroishi-ku is situated 5 km east of Higashihongan Ji.

Higashihongan Ji

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

43.02963° or 43° 1′ 47″ north

Longitude

141.33461° or 141° 20′ 5″ east

Elevation

74 metres (243 feet)

Open location code

8RM328HM+VR

GeoNames ID

12000303

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In Other Languages

“Higashihongan Ji” goes by many names.

Japanese: “ひがしほんがんじ”
Japanese: “ヒガシホンガンジ”
Japanese: “東本願寺”

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