Daiko-ji Temple

Daiko-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki. Daiko-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple 大音寺, as well as near The Kurogane Holy Tree at Daionji Temple.

Photo: 遠枝, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Soufukuji Temple and Daionji Temple.

Soufukuji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Sōfuku-ji is an Ōbaku Zen temple that was built by the Chinese monk Chaoran in 1629 as the family temple of the Chinese from Fuzhou, Fujian Province who settled in Nagasaki. Soufukuji Temple is situated 120 metres southeast of Daiko-ji Temple.

Daionji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Daionji Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 100 metres north of Daiko-ji Temple.

Kōtai-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: Sébastien Bertrand, CC BY 2.0.

Kōtai-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 230 metres north of Daiko-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dejima and Nagayo.

Dejima

Locality

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Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.

Nagayo

Town

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Nagayo is a town located in Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 39,548 in 17077 households, and a population density of 1400 people per km2. The total area of the town is 28.73 km2. Nagayo is situated 9 km north of Daiko-ji Temple.

Daiko-ji Temple

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Honganji-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Nagasaki, Japan
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

32.74343° or 32° 44′ 36″ north

Longitude

129.88278° or 129° 52′ 58″ east

Open location code

8Q4FPVVM+94

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7965817271

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q117301937

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Daiko-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Daiko-ji”
Japanese: “大光寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 大光寺 and 大音寺.

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