Shōen-ji Temple

Shōen-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Sumida, Tokyo, Tokyo. Shōen-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Takagi shrine, as well as near Tobiki Inari Shrine.

Photo: Higa4, CC0.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Also known as: “Shōen-ji”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tokyo Skytree and Takagi shrine.

Tokyo Skytree

Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC0.

Tokyo Skytree, a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 metres in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa. Tokyo Skytree is situated 690 metres southwest of Shōen-ji Temple.

Takagi shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Takagi shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Tobiki Inari Shrine

Shinto shrine

Tobiki Inari Shrine

Photo: Beryllium Transistor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tobiki Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oshiage and Mukōjima.

Oshiage

Quarter

Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oshiage is a quarter.

Mukōjima

Quarter

Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mukōjima is a quarter.

Narihira

Quarter

Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Narihira is a quarter.

Shōen-ji Temple

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

35.71493° or 35° 42′ 54″ north

Longitude

139.81537° or 139° 48′ 55″ east

Open location code

8Q7XPR78+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5749126145

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—“Shōen-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Shōen-ji”
Japanese: “正円寺”
Japanese: “正圓寺”

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