Kansai
Kyoto
Kamigyō Ku

Daikōmyō-ji

Daikōmyō-ji is a Buddhist temple in , Japan. It is affiliated with the Rinzai school of Buddhism. It was founded in 1339. It is a sub-temple located within the larger Jōtenkaku Museum.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect dedicated to Samantabhadra in Kamigyō-ku, Japan
  • Also known as: “Daikōmyō-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sho-koku-ji temple and Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Buddhist temple
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Shōkoku-ji, formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji, is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras.

Castle
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The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1337 to 1869 located in , , . Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the , while the preservation of the was ordered in 1877. is situated 1 km south of Daikōmyō-ji.

Art gallery
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is an art gallery, which is situated 130 metres east of Daikōmyō-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and North Kyoto.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , . The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-ky.

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Northern Kyoto is graced with scores of centuries-old shrines and temples, including several World Heritage Sites. One of 's most famous attractions - the magnificent golden pavilion of Kinkaku-ji - can be found here.

Neighborhood
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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the .

Daikōmyō-ji

Latitude
35.03334° or 35° 2′ north
Longitude
135.76127° or 135° 45′ 41″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q2QM6+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1062516564
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q11432471
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Turkish—“Daikōmyō-ji” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဒိုင်းခိုးမယောဂျိ”
  • Chinese: “大光明寺”
  • Czech: “Daikómjódži”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Daikōmyō-ji”
  • Japanese: “大光明寺”
  • Turkish: “Daikōmyō-ji”

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Highlights include Hojo Innerr Garden and Hojo Outer Garden.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Daikōmyō-ji”. Photo: Akanekage, CC BY-SA 3.0.