Kyoto Museum for World Peace
The Kyoto Museum for World Peace is part of Ritsumeikan University in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The Museum is accessible to the public for a 400–600 Yen fee.Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kinkaku-ji and Insho-Domoto museum of fine arts.
Kinkaku-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. Kinkaku-ji is situated 680 metres north of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Insho-Domoto museum of fine arts
Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Insho-Domoto museum of fine arts is situated 200 metres northwest of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Ryōan-ji
Buddhist temple
Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui, a refined type of Japanese Zen temple… Ryōan-ji is situated 1 km west of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Ukyō District.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō. Kamigyō-ku is situated 2½ km east of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Ukyō District
Suburb
Ukyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Ukyō District is situated 3 km south of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Nakagyō-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Kyoto Museum for World Peace
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Kyoto, Japan
- Categories: peace museum, university museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.0337° or 35° 2′ 1″ northLongitude
135.72734° or 135° 43′ 38″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2PMG+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 102298936OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6452177
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Korean—“Kyoto Museum for World Peace” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကျိုတိုကမ္ဘာ့ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပြတိုက်”
- Esperanto: “Kiota Muzeo por Monda Paco”
- Fulah: “Kyoto Museum for World Peace”
- Japanese: “ritsumeikan daigaku kokusai heiwa myūjiamu”
- Japanese: “りつめいかんだいがくこくさいへいわミュージアム”
- Japanese: “国際平和ミュージアム”
- Japanese: “立命館大学 国際平和ミュージアム”
- Japanese: “立命館大学国際平和ミュージアム”
- Korean: “리쓰메이칸 대학 국제평화뮤지엄”
- Korean: “리츠메이칸대학 국제평화뮤지엄”
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