Hexagonal Hall
Hexagonal Hall is a shrine in Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Hexagonal Hall is situated nearby to the metro station Gion Station, as well as near the Buddhist temple Ryuguji Temple.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shrine
- Description: rokkaku-dō of Tōchō-ji in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan
- Also known as: “hexagonal Buddhist temple of Tōchō-ji”, “Tocho-ji Rokkaku-do”, and “Tōchō-ji Rokkaku-dō”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tōchō-ji and Gion Station.
Tōchō-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tōchō-ji is a Shingon temple in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Nangakuzan. It was founded by Kūkai in 806, making it the oldest Shingon temple on the island of Kyushu.
Gion Station
Metro station
Photo: Ribbon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gion Station is a train station located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. Its station symbol is a young male dressed in happi, representing the famous Hakata Gion Yamakasa, held in July each year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gokusho and Nakasu.
Nakasu
Quarter
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nakasu is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River.
Hexagonal Hall
Latitude
33.59484° or 33° 35′ 41″ northLongitude
130.414° or 130° 24′ 50″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Inception
1842Levels
1Open location code
8Q5GHCV7+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 379033665OpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineGeoNames ID
12749820Wikidata ID
Q124884721
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Hexagonal Hall” goes by many names.
- French: “pavillon hexagonal du temple Tōchō”
- French: “Pavillon hexagonal”
- French: “Rokkaku-dō de Tōchō-ji”
- French: “Rokkaku-dō du temple Tōchō”
- French: “Tōchō-ji Rokkaku-dō”
- Japanese: “Rokkaku-dō”
- Japanese: “とうちやうじろくかくだう” (historical)
- Japanese: “とうちょうじろっかくどう”
- Japanese: “ろっかく どう”
- Japanese: “東長寺六角堂”
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