Ogura Shrine
Ogura Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Uji, Kyoto. Ogura Shrine is situated nearby to the shrine Haiden, as well as near Honden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Ogura-jinja”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nintendo Museum and JR-Ogura.
Nintendo Museum
Museum
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The Nintendo Museum is a video game museum located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is owned by the video game company Nintendo and displays a wide variety of products from across the company's history. The museum opened on October 2, 2024. Nintendo Museum is situated 620 metres south of Ogura Shrine.
JR-Ogura
Railway station
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JR Ogura Station is a train station Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. It is the closest station on the JR lines to the old Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant, which is the site of the Nintendo Museum. JR-Ogura is situated 1 km south of Ogura Shrine.
Ogura
Railway stop
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Ogura Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Uji, Kyoto, Japan. It is operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.It is station number B11. Ogura is situated 650 metres southwest of Ogura Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fushimi-ku and South Kyoto.
Fushimi-ku
Suburb
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Fushimi is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi… Fushimi-ku is situated 4½ km northwest of Ogura Shrine.
South Kyoto
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Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Yamashina-ku
Suburb
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Yamashina is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the southeastern part of the city, and Yamashina Station is one stop away from Kyoto Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. Yamashina-ku is situated 9 km north of Ogura Shrine.
Ogura Shrine
- Categories: Shikinaisha, Shikinai Shosha, Kanpei-sha, Shikinai Hiteisha, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Uji, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.89812° or 34° 53′ 53″ northLongitude
135.7848° or 135° 47′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QVQXM+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1036007113OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q63148006
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Ogura Shrine” goes by many names.
- French: “sanctuaire d’Ogura”
- French: “Sanctuaire d’Ogura”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Ogura”
- Japanese: “巨椋神社”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haiden and Honden.
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