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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Jishu Shrine.

Kiyomizu-dera

Buddhist temple

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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.

Jishu Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Jishu Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

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.

Shimogawara-chō

Neighborhood

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Shimogawara-chō is a neighborhood.

Central Kyoto

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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

Type: Shrine
Also known as: “Kiyomizu Stage”, “Main Hall, Kiyomizu-dera”, “Stage of Kiyomizu”, and “本堂”
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″ north

Longitude

135.78498° or 135° 47′ 6″ east

Inception

1633

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

8Q6QXQVM+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 102164590

OpenStreetMap feature

building=shrine

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

Wikidata 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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