Myōryū-ji Temple

Myōryū-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Myōryū-ji Temple is situated nearby to the hospital 養生院清川病院, as well as near the Shinto shrine 宇都宮稲荷.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Komachi, Japan
Address: 20, 小町二丁目, 鎌倉市, 神奈川県

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kamakura Station and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine.

Kamakura Station

Railway station

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Kamakura Station is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kamakura Station is situated 440 metres west of Myōryū-ji Temple.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is situated 510 metres north of Myōryū-ji Temple.

Catholic Yukinoshita Church

Church

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Catholic Yukinoshita Church is situated 140 metres west of Myōryū-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Nikaidō.

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.

Nikaidō

Neighborhood

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Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado.

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.

Myōryū-ji Temple

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.32069° or 35° 19′ 15″ north

Longitude

139.55494° or 139° 33′ 18″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8HC3+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1986562664

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11447064

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Myōryū-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Myōryū-ji”
Japanese: “妙隆寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 養生院清川病院 and 宇都宮稲荷.

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