Yusan-ji Temple

Yusan-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kakegawa Shi, Shizuoka. Yusan-ji Temple is situated near the pond 猿万部池, as well as near the peak 油山.

Photo: Yoshiichi, Public domain.

Type: Buddhist temple
Denomination: Shingon-shū
Description: Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha in Fukuroi, Japan
Also known as: “医王山油山寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ikoinohiroba Station and Hosoya Station.

Ikoinohiroba Station

Railway station

Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ikoinohiroba Station is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is 5.5 kilometres by rail from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station. Ikoinohiroba Station is situated 2½ km east of Yusan-ji Temple.

Hosoya Station

Railway station

Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hosoya Station is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is 6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station. Hosoya Station is situated 2½ km east of Yusan-ji Temple.

Haranoya Station

Railway station

Photo: LERK, CC BY 3.0.

Haranoya Station is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is 5.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station. Haranoya Station is situated 3 km northeast of Yusan-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fukuroi and Mori.

Fukuroi

Photo: Sato S, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fukuroi is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019, the city had an estimated population of 88,395 in 34,842 households, and a population density of 820 persons per km2.

Mori

Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.

Mori is a town located in Shūchi District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2019, the town had an estimated population of 18,306 in 6622 households, and a population density of 134 persons per km2.

Kakegawa

Photo: Takashi Hososhima, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kakegawa is a city in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 10 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 117,925 in 45,519 households. The total area of the city is 265.69 square kilometres.

Yusan-ji Temple

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kakegawa Shi, Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.78552° or 34° 47′ 8″ north

Longitude

137.93617° or 137° 56′ 10″ east

Open location code

8Q6VQWPP+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2502379903

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=shingon_shu

Wikidata ID

Q11554346

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Ukrainian—“Yusan-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Yusan-ji”
Japanese: “油山寺”
Ukrainian: “Храм Юсандзі”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 猿万部池 and 油山.

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