Shinzenkō-ji
Shinzenkō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Shinzenkō-ji is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kaikoh-ji, as well as near Hōon-in Temple.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as: “Shinzenkō-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sennyū-ji Temple and Kaikoh-ji.
Sennyū-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
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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 240 metres southeast of Shinzenkō-ji.
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 Shinzenkō-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogawara-chō.
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.
Shinzenkō-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.98032° or 34° 58′ 49″ northLongitude
135.7789° or 135° 46′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QXQJH+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2656063049OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q55537320
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Turkish—“Shinzenkō-ji” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Shinzenkō-ji”
- Japanese: “新善光寺”
- Turkish: “Shinzenkō-ji”
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