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.

Imakumano Kannon-ji

Buddhist temple

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Imakumano Kannon-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Yamauchicho, Sennyuji, neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Sennyūji-ha sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon.The temple's full name is Shin-Nachisan Kannon-ji. Imakumano Kannon-ji is situated 130 metres north of Raigō-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 540 metres west of Raigō-in Temple.

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.

Shimogawara-chō

Neighborhood

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Shimogawara-chō is a neighborhood.

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. Shimogyō-ku is situated 2½ km northwest of Raigō-in Temple.

Raigō-in Temple

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Sennyūji-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Higashiyama-ku, Japan
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.97866° or 34° 58′ 43″ north

Longitude

135.78097° or 135° 46′ 52″ east

Open location code

8Q6QXQHJ+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2656063055

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11523759

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Turkish—“Raigō-in Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Raigō-in”
Japanese: “来迎院”
Turkish: “Raigō-in”

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