Shinnyō-ji
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect in Kita-ku, Japan
- Also known as: “Shinnyo-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tōji-in and Kinkaku-ji.
Tōji-in
Buddhist temple
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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. Tōji-in is situated 120 metres west of Shinnyō-ji.
Kinkaku-ji
Buddhist temple
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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 north of Shinnyō-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 710 metres northwest of Shinnyō-ji.
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 Shinnyō-ji.
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 Shinnyō-ji.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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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 Shinnyō-ji.
Shinnyō-ji
- Categories: building, temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.0309° or 35° 1′ 51″ northLongitude
135.72519° or 135° 43′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2PJG+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 139829509OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=templeWikidata ID
Q11583037
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Shinnyō-ji” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “真如寺”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Shinnyo-ji”
- Japanese: “眞如寺”
- Japanese: “真如寺”
- Turkish: “Shinnyo-ji”
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