Iwai Shrine
Iwai Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Otsu, Shiga. Iwai Shrine is situated nearby to the shrine Honden, as well as near the Buddhist temple 琵琶湖水子地蔵.Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 国立滋賀大学教育学部附属小学校 and Zeze Station.
国立滋賀大学教育学部附属小学校
School
Zeze Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zeze Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. It is located adjacent to the privately operated Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Zeze Station, but the two stations are not physically connected and there is no interchange between stations. Zeze Station is situated 680 metres west of Iwai Shrine.
Keihan-zeze
Railway station
Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keihan Zeze Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. Keihan-zeze is situated 640 metres west of Iwai Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kusatsu and Yamashina-ku.
Kusatsu
Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.
Kusatsu is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city lies on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 139,913 in 63,942 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km2.
Yamashina-ku
Suburb
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 7 km southwest of Iwai Shrine.
Karasuma Peninsula
Locality
Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karasuma Peninsula is a locality, which is situated 9 km northeast of Iwai Shrine.
Iwai Shrine
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Categories: Shikinaisha, Kokuhei-sha, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Otsu, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.00039° or 35° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
135.88801° or 135° 53′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2V2Q+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 1154683811OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q85882705
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Iwai Shrine” goes by many names.
- French: “sanctuaire d’Iwai”
- French: “Sanctuaire d’Iwai”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Iwai”
- Japanese: “(現社地)”
- Japanese: “いわいじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “石坐神社”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Honden and 琵琶湖水子地蔵.
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