Tōji-in
Tōji-in is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai Tenryū sect located in Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan, and one of two funeral temples dedicated to Ashikaga Takauji, first shōgun of the Ashikaga dynasty.Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as: “Tōji-in Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ryōan-ji and Kinkaku-ji.
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 590 metres northwest of Tōji-in.
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 1 km northeast of Tōji-in.
Shinnyō-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Atelier Verde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Japan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by prefecture. Shinnyō-ji is situated 120 metres east of Tōji-in.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ukyō District and Kamigyō-ku.
Ukyō District
Suburb
Ukyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Ukyō District is situated 2½ km south of Tōji-in.
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 3 km east of Tōji-in.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Tōji-in.
Tōji-in
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.03127° or 35° 1′ 53″ northLongitude
135.72398° or 135° 43′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2PJF+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1376670145OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q3138637
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Turkish—“Tōji-in” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တိုးဂျိအင်း”
- Chinese: “等持院”
- Czech: “Tódžiin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “توجى ان”
- Finnish: “Toji-in”
- Finnish: “Tōji-in”
- French: “Tōji-in”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Tōji-in”
- Italian: “Tōji-in”
- Japanese: “Tōjiin”
- Japanese: “とうじいん”
- Japanese: “等持寺”
- Japanese: “等持院”
- Persian: “توجی-این”
- Turkish: “Tōji-in”
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Highlights include Main Hall and Keigakukan hall.
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