Tōgen-ji Temple

Tōgen-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Otsu, Shiga. Tōgen-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple 琵琶湖水子地蔵, as well as near the Shinto shrine Iwai Shrine.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Ōtsu, Shiga
Also known as: “Tōgen-ji”
Address: 西の庄13-18, 滋賀 520-0818

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iwai Shrine and Zeze Station.

Iwai Shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Iwai Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Zeze Station

Railway station

Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zeze Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. It is located adjacent to the privately operated Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Zeze Station, but the two stations are not physically connected and there is no interchange between stations. Zeze Station is situated 650 metres west of Tōgen-ji Temple.

Keihan-zeze

Railway station

Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Keihan Zeze Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. Keihan-zeze is situated 610 metres west of Tōgen-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kusatsu and Yamashina-ku.

Kusatsu

Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.

Kusatsu is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city lies on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 139,913 in 63,942 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km2.

Yamashina-ku

Suburb

Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yamashina is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the southeastern part of the city, and Yamashina Station is one stop away from Kyoto Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. Yamashina-ku is situated 7 km southwest of Tōgen-ji Temple.