Tōdai-ji

Tōdai-ji is a complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty.
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  • Opening hours:
    November—March: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
    April—October: 7:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Heritage site
  • Description: Japanese Buddhist temple in Nara
  • Also known as: “Eastern Great Temple”, “Great Eastern Temple”, “Todai-ji Temple”, “Tōdai-ji Temple”, “Todaiji temple”, and “Tōdaiji temple”
  • Address: 奈良市, 奈良県 630-8211
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Buddha Hall and Nara National Museum.

Shrine
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is a shrine.

Museum
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The is one of the pre-eminent national art in . is situated 600 metres south of Tōdai-ji.

Heritage site
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is a Shinto shrine in Nara, , . It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. is situated 1 km south of Tōdai-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ganriincho and Seika and Nishikizu District.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 9 km northwest of Tōdai-ji.

Town
Seika is a town located in , , . As of 1 September 2023 the town has an estimated population of 36,542 in 15,468 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. is situated 9 km northwest of Tōdai-ji.

Tōdai-ji

Latitude
34.68823° or 34° 41′ 18″ north
Longitude
135.84016° or 135° 50′ 25″ east
Open location code
8Q6QMRQR+73
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1134669589
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q460367
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tōdai-ji” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تودائي-جي”
  • Arabic: “توداي-جي”
  • Basque: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Burmese: “တိုးဒိုင်းဂျိ”
  • Burmese: “တိုးဒိုင်းဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Todai-ji”
  • Catalan: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Catalan: “Todaiji”
  • Chinese: “东大寺”
  • Chinese: “東大寺”
  • Croatian: “Tōdai-ji Daibucu”
  • Croatian: “Todaiji Daibucu”
  • Croatian: “Todaji Daibucu”
  • Czech: “Tódaidži”
  • Dutch: “Todai-ji”
  • Dutch: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تودائى جى”
  • Esperanto: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Todai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Finnish: “Todaiji”
  • French: “Grand temple de l’Est”
  • French: “Kegonshū daihonzan Tōdaiji”
  • French: “temple Tōdai”
  • French: “Temple Tōdai”
  • French: “Tōdai-ji”
  • French: “Tōdaiji”
  • French: “Toshodaiji”
  • Gan Chinese: “東大寺”
  • Georgian: “ტოდაი-ძი”
  • German: “Todai-ji”
  • German: “Tōdai-ji”
  • German: “Todaiji”
  • German: “Tōdaiji”
  • Greek: “Τοντάι Τσι”
  • Greek: “Τοντάι-τζι”
  • Hebrew: “טודאי-ג’י”
  • Hindi: “तोडाई-जी”
  • Hungarian: “Tódai-dzsi”
  • Hungarian: “Tódaidzsi”
  • Indonesian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Indonesian: “Todaiji”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Tōdai-ji”
  • Italian: “Todai-ji”
  • Italian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Italian: “Todaiji”
  • Japanese: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Japanese: “とうだいじ”
  • Japanese: “大華嚴寺”
  • Japanese: “恆説華嚴寺”
  • Japanese: “東大寺”
  • Japanese: “總國分僧寺”
  • Japanese: “總國分寺”
  • Japanese: “金光明四天王護國之僧寺”
  • Japanese: “金光明四天王護國之寺”
  • Korean: “도다이 사”
  • Korean: “도다이사”
  • Korean: “도다이지”
  • Korean: “동대사”
  • Latin: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Macedonian: “Тодаиџи”
  • Malay: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Malay: “Todaiji”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Norwegian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Persian: “تودای جی”
  • Persian: “تودای‌جی”
  • Polish: “Todai-ji”
  • Polish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Portuguese: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Rakhine: “တိုးဒအိ ဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Romanian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Russian: “Тодай-дзи”
  • Russian: “Тодайдзи”
  • Serbian: “Тодаиђи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai đi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai-dži”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Todai-ji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Slovenian: “Todai-dži”
  • Spanish: “Todai ji”
  • Spanish: “Tōdai ji”
  • Spanish: “Todai-ji”
  • Spanish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Spanish: “Todaiji temple”
  • Thai: “โทไดจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดโทได”
  • Turkish: “Todai-ji”
  • Turkish: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Turkish: “Todaiji”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Тодай”
  • Ukrainian: “Тодайдзі”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Đông Đại”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Tōdai”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Đại tự”
  • Vietnamese: “Tōdai-ji”
  • Wu Chinese: “东大寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “東大寺”
  • “Tōdaiji”
  • “tomo sewi Totawi”
  • “tomo sewi Totawisi”
  • “Toudaiji”

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