Main Hall
Main Hall is a shrine in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Main Hall is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Worship Hall, as well as near the historic site Torii of Jishu Shrine.Photo: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Masanori Ohgita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Shrine
- Also known as: “Kiyomizu Stage”, “Main Hall, Kiyomizu-dera”, “Stage of Kiyomizu”, and “本堂”
- Roof shape: hipped
Photo: 애콜라이트, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Jishu Shrine.
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon.
Kōdai-ji
Buddhist temple
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Kōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Shimogawara neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kenninji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Kōdai-ji is situated 690 metres northwest of Main Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku. Shimogyō-ku is situated 3 km west of Main Hall.
Main Hall
- Categories: main hall, building, historic site, and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.99483° or 34° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
135.78498° or 135° 47′ 6″ eastInception
1633Open location code
8Q6QXQVM+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 102164590OpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q107020576
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Korean—“Main Hall” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “sala principal del Kiyomizu-dera”
- French: “bâtiment principal de Kiyomizu-dera”
- French: “bâtiment principal du temple Kiyomizu”
- French: “Pavillon principal”
- Japanese: “Hon-dō”
- Japanese: “ほんどう”
- Japanese: “清水の舞台”
- Japanese: “清水寺本堂”
- Korean: “본당”
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