Shōtō-in Temple

Shōtō-in Temple is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Shōtō-in Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Hosho-ji Temple, as well as near Eishin-ji Temple.

Photo: Higa4, CC0.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Also known as: “Shōtō-in”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include FamilyMart and Tokyo National Museum.

FamilyMart

Convenience store

Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

FamilyMart Company, Ltd. is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Eleven Japan.

Tokyo National Museum

Museum

Tokyo National 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 710 metres west of Shōtō-in Temple.

Hosho-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

Hosho-ji Temple

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Hosho-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Senzoku and Higashi-Nippori.

Senzoku

Quarter

Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Senzoku is a quarter.

Higashi-Nippori

Quarter

Higashi-Nippori

Photo: 岡部碩道, Public domain.

Higashi-Nippori is a quarter.

Nishi Asakusa

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Nishi Asakusa is a quarter.

Shōtō-in Temple

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

35.72097° or 35° 43′ 16″ north

Longitude

139.78336° or 139° 47′ 0″ east

Open location code

8Q7XPQCM+98

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5599091387

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Shōtō-in Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Shōtō-in”
Japanese: “正洞院”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eishin-ji Temple and FASTGYM.

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