Kansai
Kyoto
Shimogyō-ku

Gojō

Gojō Station is a subway station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: metro station in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Gojo Station” and “Gojō Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Higashi Hongan-ji and Kyōto Station.

Buddhist temple
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, is one of two dominant sub-sects of Jōdo Shinshū in and abroad, the other being , the "Western Temple of the Original Vow". is situated 420 metres south of Gojō.

Railway station
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is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. is situated 1 km south of Gojō.

Garden
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Shosei-en Garden is a garden in , Japan. The garden has teahouses, a hall with a Buddhist altar, and two ponds. The garden was named by Sennyo Shōnin, who used the garden as a residence when he retired in 1653 and was gifted the land by the shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu. is situated 500 metres southeast of Gojō.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Higashiyama.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

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Some of the most picturesque parts of are located in , the eastern region of the city, across the Kamo River. Visiting the main tourist attractions of eastern Kyoto will fill a full day - a suggested itinerary is to work north from Kiyomizu-dera to Ginkakuji, passing through Gion, and visiting Yasaka Shrine and Nanzenji before following the Philosopher's Walk to Ginkakuji.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.

Gojō

Latitude
34.99498° or 34° 59′ 42″ north
Longitude
135.75978° or 135° 45′ 35″ east
Open location code
8Q6QXQV5+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7781173870
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Wiki­data ID
Q2579995
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Gojō” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဂေါ့ဂျေားဘူတာ (ကျိုတို)”
  • Burmese: “ဂေါ့ဂျောဘူတာ”
  • Chinese: “五条”
  • Chinese: “五條站”
  • Dutch: “Station Gojo”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Gojō”
  • French: “Gojō”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Gojō”
  • Italian: “Gojō”
  • Japanese: “五条”
  • Japanese: “五条駅”
  • Korean: “고조”
  • Korean: “고조역”
  • Turkish: “Gojō İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґоджьо”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gojō”. Photo: L26, CC BY 3.0.