Rinko-ji Temple
Rinko-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo. Rinko-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Zuishoin Temple, as well as near Gyokurinji Temple.Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Rinkō-ji” and “Rinkō-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and Daimyo Clock Museum.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1 km east of Rinko-ji Temple.
Daimyo Clock Museum
Museum
The Daimyo Clock Museum is a small community-run museum in Yanaka 2-chōme, Tokyo. The museum was established in 1972 to display Japanese clocks from the Edo period collected by Sakujiro Kamiguchi. Daimyo Clock Museum is situated 130 metres north of Rinko-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nezu and Ikenohata.
Yayoi
Quarter
Photo: みそがい, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yayoi is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues.
Rinko-ji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.7201° or 35° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
139.76634° or 139° 45′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPQC8+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 5403572642OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q106690234
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Turkish—“Rinko-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Rinkō-ji”
- Japanese: “臨江寺”
- Turkish: “Rinkō-ji”
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