Sokujō-in Temple

Sokujō-in Temple is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Sokujō-in Temple is situated nearby to the religious building 総門, as well as near the cemetery 則成院墓地.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto
Also known as: “Sokujō-in”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Tōfuku-ji.

Kiyomizu-dera

Buddhist temple

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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 1½ km northeast of Sokujō-in Temple.

Tōfuku-ji

Buddhist temple

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Tōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san. Tōfuku-ji is situated 550 metres south of Sokujō-in Temple.

Hōon-in Temple

Buddhist temple

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Hōon-in Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 140 metres south of Sokujō-in Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogyō-ku.

Central Kyoto

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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Shimogyō-ku

Suburb

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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.