Catholic Kita ichi jo church
The Guardian Angels Cathedral also called Kitaiciho Church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Sapporo in the city of Sapporo, Japan. The church follows the Roman rite and serves as the seat of the diocese, which was raised to its current status by Pope Pius XII with the Bull "Iis Christi" in 1952.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Catholic Church church building in Sapporo, Japan
- Also known as: “Guardian Angels Cathedral, Sapporo” and “Kitaiciho Church”
- Address: 北1条東6丁目, 中央区, 札幌市, 北海道 060-0031
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sapporo TV Tower and Sapporo Beer Museum.
Sapporo TV Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sapporo TV Tower, built in 1957, is a 147.2-metre-high TV tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, the tower is open to tourists. Sapporo TV Tower is situated 780 metres southwest of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.
Sapporo Beer Museum
Museum
Photo: K. Takeda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sapporo Beer Museum is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan. Sapporo Beer Museum is situated 1 km north of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.
Sapporo Clock Tower
Museum
Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.
Sapporo Clock Tower is a wooden structure and tourist attraction located at North 1 West 2, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, the largest city on the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. Sapporo Clock Tower is situated 1 km west of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Shiroishi-ku.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu.
Shiroishi-ku
Suburb
Photo: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shiroishi-ku is one of the ten wards in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. As of August 31, 2021, the ward has a population of 213,704. Shiroishi-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.
Kita-ku
Suburb
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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is situated 3½ km northwest of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.
Catholic Kita ichi jo church
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.06432° or 43° 3′ 52″ northLongitude
141.36501° or 141° 21′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8RM33978+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2206232066OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q24817373
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Spanish—“Catholic Kita ichi jo church” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Katedral Sapporo”
- Japanese: “カトリック北一条教会”
- Spanish: “Catedral de los Ángeles de la Guarda (Sapporo)”
- Spanish: “Catedral de los Ángeles de la Guarda”
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Highlights include 札幌方面中央警察署 北一条東交番 and 北一条東交番.
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