Gokurakuji
Gokurakuji Station is a railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of Kamakura, Japan.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gokuraku-ji and Hase-dera temple.
Gokuraku-ji
Buddhist temple
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Gokuraku-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 by Ninshō and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then.
Hase-dera temple
Buddhist temple
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Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon, is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Hase-dera temple is situated 520 metres northeast of Gokurakuji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.
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.
Yamanouchi
Neighborhood
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. Yamanouchi is situated 3½ km northeast of Gokurakuji.
Shōnan
Locality
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Shōnan is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, including Ōiso, Hiratsuka, and Chigasaki. Shōnan is situated 4 km west of Gokurakuji.
Gokurakuji
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.30937° or 35° 18′ 34″ northLongitude
139.5288° or 139° 31′ 44″ eastOperator
江ノ島電鉄Open location code
8Q7X8G5H+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 263260790OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Gokurakuji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “極樂寺”
- Japanese: “Gokurakuji”
- Japanese: “ごくらくじ”
- Japanese: “極楽寺”
- Korean: “고쿠라쿠지”
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