Tōchō-ji
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—4:45 PM
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Shingon Shu
- Description: Buddhist temple in Fukuoka City, Japan
- Also known as: “Tōchō Temple”, “Tocho-ji”, “Tōchō-ji Temple”, and “南岳山”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hexagonal Hall and Ryuguji Temple.
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. Gion Station is situated 100 metres south of Tōchō-ji.
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.
Tōchō-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.59517° or 33° 35′ 43″ northLongitude
130.41391° or 130° 24′ 50″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8Q5GHCW7+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 767775372OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=shingon_shuGeoNames ID
12909422Wikidata ID
Q3547067
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Tōchō-ji” goes by many names.
- French: “temple Tōchō”
- French: “Temple Tōchō”
- French: “Tōchō-ji”
- German: “Tōchō-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Tōchō-ji”
- Japanese: “Tōchō-ji”
- Japanese: “とうちやうじ” (historical)
- Japanese: “とうちょうじ”
- Japanese: “南嶽山東長密寺”
- Japanese: “東長密寺”
- Japanese: “東長寺”
- “Tōchō-ji”
- “とうちょうじ”
- “東長寺”
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