Chūkō-ji Temple
Chūkō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Chūkō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kyūshō-in Temple, as well as near the Shinto shrine Nanakura-inari-jinja Shrine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Ikenohata, Taitō-ku
- Also known as: “Chūkō-ji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ueno Zoo and Tokyo National Museum.
Ueno Zoo
Zoo
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The Ueno Zoo is a 14.3-hectare zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882. Ueno Zoo is situated 410 metres east of Chūkō-ji Temple.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
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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 northeast of Chūkō-ji Temple.
National Museum of Western Art
Museum
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 1 km east of Chūkō-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ikenohata and Yayoi.
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.
Chūkō-ji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.71567° or 35° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
139.76607° or 139° 45′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPQ88+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 5456685821OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q105836496
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Turkish—“Chūkō-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Chūkō-ji”
- Japanese: “忠綱寺”
- Turkish: “Chūkō-ji”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kyūshō-in Temple and Nanakura-inari-jinja Shrine.
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