Ennin-ji Temple
Ennin-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Ennin-ji Temple is situated nearby to the community center 京都市今熊野児童館, as well as near the Buddhist temple Shoho-ji.Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto
- Also known as: “Ennin-ji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto National Museum.
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is situated 1¼ km north of Ennin-ji Temple.
Kyoto National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kyoto National Museum is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art. Kyoto National Museum is situated 1¼ km northwest of Ennin-ji Temple.
Sennyū-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Sennyū-ji, formerly written as Sen-yū-ji, is a Shingon Buddhist temple and head of the Sennyū-ji sect in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan. Sennyū-ji Temple is situated 620 metres southwest of Ennin-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
Photo: BriYYZ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku. Shimogyō-ku is situated 2½ km west of Ennin-ji Temple.
Ennin-ji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.9835° or 34° 59′ 1″ northLongitude
135.78321° or 135° 46′ 60″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QXQMM+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2380063475OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11486473
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Turkish—“Ennin-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Ennin-ji”
- Japanese: “延仁寺”
- Turkish: “Ennin-ji”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 京都市今熊野児童館 and Shoho-ji.
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