Rokuharamitsuji Temple

Rokuharamitsu-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Rokkaku-dori Matsubara-dori Yamato-oji Higashiiru neighborhood of , Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon that is designated a National Treasure.
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Higashiyama-ku, Japan
  • Also known as: “Rokuharamitsu-ji” and “Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Saifuku-ji Temple.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. is situated 1 km east of Rokuharamitsuji Temple.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Buddhist temple
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is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in , , and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto". is situated 370 metres north of Rokuharamitsuji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in .

Rokuharamitsuji Temple

Latitude
34.99706° or 34° 59′ 49″ north
Longitude
135.77333° or 135° 46′ 24″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
node 4107702310
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1060771
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Turkish—“Rokuharamitsuji Temple” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရိုခုဟရမဆွတ်ဂျိ”
  • Chinese: “六波罗蜜寺”
  • Chinese: “六波羅蜜寺”
  • Dutch: “Rokuharamitsu-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روكوهاراميتسو جى”
  • French: “Rokuharamitsu-ji”
  • German: “Rokuharamitsu-ji”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Rokuharamitsu-ji”
  • Japanese: “六はらさん”
  • Japanese: “六波羅蜜寺”
  • Japanese: “補陀洛山六波羅蜜寺”
  • Persian: “روکوهارا میتسو-جی”
  • Thai: “โรกูฮารามิตสึจิ”
  • Turkish: “Rokuharamitsu-ji”

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