Ryūkaku-ji

Ryūkaku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Sakae, Chiba, Japan. The temple belongs to the Tendai sect, and its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai.

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Sakae, Chiba
Also known as: “Ryūkaku-ji Temple”, “天竺山寂光院”, “竜角寺”, and “龍角寺境内の塔址”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Boso-no-Mura and Old Mikogami Family House.

Boso-no-Mura

Photo: Kunitaka NIIDATE, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boso-no-Mura is situated 1 km south of Ryūkaku-ji.

Old Mikogami Family House

Museum

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Old Mikogami Family House is a museum, which is situated 1¼ km south of Ryūkaku-ji.

Iwaya Burial Mound

Archaeological site

Photo: Wae35244, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Iwaya Burial Mound is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Ryūkaku-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kawachi and Narita.

Kawachi is a town located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 8,298 in 2986 households and a population density of 183 persons per km2. Kawachi is situated 6 km north of Ryūkaku-ji.

Narita

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Narita is a city in Chiba prefecture, Japan, some 70 kilometers to the northeast of Tokyo. The vast majority of Narita's visitors come there for one reason only: Narita Airport, Tokyo's international gateway.

Ryūkaku-ji

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Sakae, Inba District, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.83318° or 35° 49′ 59″ north

Longitude

140.26984° or 140° 16′ 11″ east

Open location code

8R72R7M9+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4582357680

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11679369

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Ryūkaku-ji” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Ryūkaku-ji”
Japanese: “龍角寺 (寺院)”
Japanese: “龍角寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sakae-Higashi Junior High School and 栄町立酒直小学校.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: パン香房キャビン (廃校) and Narita Hills Country Club.

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