Kōshō-ji Temple

Kōshō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo. Kōshō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fukuromachi, as well as near the Buddhist temple Zuiren-in Temple.

Photo: Asanagi, CC0.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: building in Tokyo, Japan
Also known as: “Kōshō-ji”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zuiren-in Temple and Yasukuni Shrine.

Zuiren-in Temple

Buddhist temple

Zuiren-in Temple

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Zuiren-in Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine

Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. Yasukuni Shrine is situated 1 km southeast of Kōshō-ji Temple.

Zenkoku Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Zenkoku Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 170 metres northeast of Kōshō-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fukuromachi and Wakamiyacho.

Fukuromachi

Neighborhood

Photo: Higa4, CC0.

Fukuromachi is a neighborhood.

Wakamiyacho

Neighborhood

Photo: Higa4, CC0.

Wakamiyacho is a neighborhood.

Yokoteramachi

Neighborhood

Photo: Lombroso, Public domain.

Yokoteramachi is a neighborhood.

Kōshō-ji Temple

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.70051° or 35° 42′ 2″ north

Longitude

139.73805° or 139° 44′ 17″ east

Open location code

8Q7XPP2Q+66

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4408594914

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Turkish—“Kōshō-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Kōshō-ji”
Japanese: “光照寺”
Turkish: “Kōshō-ji”

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