Muro-ji
Murō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It lays on the mountainside of Mount Murō and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon associated with rain prayers known as Zennyo Ryūō.Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
- Opening hours: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Shingon Shu
- Description: Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Murō-ji”, “Murō-ji Temple”, “Murou-ji”, “Nyonin Kōya”, and “Women’s Kōya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Main Hall, Murouji and Five-storied Pagoda, Murouji.
Five-storied Pagoda, Murouji
Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Five-storied Pagoda, Murouji is a temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soni.
Soni
Village
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soni is a village located in Uda District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2024, the village had an estimated population of 1,272 in 639 households, and a population density of 27 persons per km2. Soni is situated 8 km east of Muro-ji.
Muro-ji
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Uda, Nara, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.53797° or 34° 32′ 17″ northLongitude
136.04062° or 136° 2′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8Q6RG2QR+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 380420314OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=shingon_shuWikidata ID
Q1088506
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Muro-ji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “室生寺”
- French: “Muro-ji”
- French: “Murô-ji”
- French: “Murō-ji”
- French: “Nyonin Kôya”
- Gan Chinese: “室生寺”
- German: “Muro-ji”
- German: “Murō-ji”
- German: “Nyonin Koya”
- German: “Nyonin Kōya”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Murō-ji”
- Japanese: “女人高野”
- Japanese: “宀一山”
- Japanese: “室生寺”
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