Enkyū-ji Temple

Enkyū-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Enkyū-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine 八雲神社, as well as near the forest 常盤山県有緑地-エリア1-4-#R.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kōtoku-in and Hase-dera temple.

Kōtoku-in

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Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Daii-zan, and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji. Kōtoku-in is situated 1 km southeast of Enkyū-ji Temple.

Hase-dera temple

Buddhist temple

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Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon, is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Hase-dera temple is situated 1¼ km southeast of Enkyū-ji Temple.

Sasuke Inari Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Sasuke Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura and the site of the Hidden Village of Kamakura. It is located very near the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine. Sasuke Inari Shrine is situated 1 km east of Enkyū-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.

Kamakura

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Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.

Yamanouchi

Neighborhood

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Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura.

Fujisawa

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Fujisawa is a small town in Kanagawa, Japan, near Kamakura. It is also the name of the municipality that encompasses Shonandai and Enoshima island.

Enkyū-ji Temple

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect dedicated to Sanbōson in Tokiwa, Japan
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.32229° or 35° 19′ 20″ north

Longitude

139.5277° or 139° 31′ 40″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8GCH+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1821150679

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11394727

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In Other Languages

From German to Japanese—“Enkyū-ji Temple” goes by many names.

German: “Enkyū-ji-Tempel”
Indonesian: “Wihara Enkyū-ji”
Japanese: “円久寺”
Japanese: “圓久寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 八雲神社 and 円久寺裏　入口広場.

Nearby Places

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