Kaikoh-ji

Kaikoh-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Kaikoh-ji is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Hōon-in Temple, as well as near Shinzenkō-ji.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Higashiyama-ku, Japan
Also known as: “Jōroku Kaikō-ji”, “Jōroku-san”, and “Kaikō-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hōon-in Temple and Shinzenkō-ji.

Hōon-in Temple

Buddhist temple

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Hōon-in Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Shinzenkō-ji

Buddhist temple

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Shinzenkō-ji is a Buddhist 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 480 metres southwest of Kaikoh-ji.

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.