Taihei-ji
Taihei-ji is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in about 1555 during the tumultuous Senguoku period, and it is affiliated with Sōtō school of Japanese Zen Buddhism.Photo: Bittercup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Taihei-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shitennōji-mae Yūhigaoka Station and Shitennō-ji.
Shitennōji-mae Yūhigaoka Station
Railway stop
Photo: Ogiyoshisan, CC BY 4.0.
Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station is a metro station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Shitennō-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji/Naniwa-daiji, or Mitsu-ji 御津寺. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shitennō-ji is situated 570 metres southeast of Taihei-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Den Den Town and Minami.
Minami
Photo: joopdorresteijn, CC BY 2.0.
Minami is the largest commercial area in Osaka, Japan. All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Minami Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.
Sōemon
Neighborhood
Photo: Tuyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sōemonchō or Soemonchō is an entertainment district in Chūō-ku, one of the wards of Osaka, Japan. The district borders on two other entertainment districts, Shinsaibashi to the north and Dōtonbori to the south.
Taihei-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Tennoji, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.6593° or 34° 39′ 34″ northLongitude
135.51385° or 135° 30′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QMG57+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2156933398OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11443941
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Japanese—“Taihei-ji” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တိုင်းဟဲကျောင်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Taihei-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تايهى جى”
- French: “Taihei-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Taihei-ji”
- Japanese: “太平寺”
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