Hokkaido Jingu Shrine
The Hokkaidō Shrine, named the Sapporo Shrine until 1964, is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji.Photo: Daigaku2051, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: t-konno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Also known as: “Ezo Shin-Ichinomiya”, “Hokkaidō Grand Shrine”, “Hokkaidō Jingū”, “Hokkaidō Kaitaku Jinja”, “Hokkaidō Shrine”, “Sapporo Jinja”, and “Sapporo Shrine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maruyama Park and Maruyama Baseball Stadium.
Maruyama Park
Park
Photo: t-konno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maruyama Park is a park in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The park was modeled after the park with the same name sited in Kyoto. The park is home of a number of attractions such as, the Hokkaidō Shrine, the Maruyama Zoo, the Maruyama Baseball Stadium and the Maruyama Athletics Stadium. Maruyama Park is situated 360 metres south of Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.
Maruyama Baseball Stadium
Stadium
Photo: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The stadium holds 25,000 people, was built in 1934 and is currently used for high-school and amateur baseball games. Maruyama Baseball Stadium is situated 370 metres southwest of Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.
Miyanomori Art Museum
Museum
Miyanomori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary art located in Sapporo, Japan, that was established in April 2006 and is now closed. Miyanomori Art Museum is situated 600 metres northwest of Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishi and Kita-ku.
Nishi
Suburb
Nishi is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges.
Kita-ku
Suburb
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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is situated 5 km northeast of Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu. Higashi-ku is situated 5 km northeast of Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.
Hokkaido Jingu Shrine
- Categories: jingū, place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.05458° or 43° 3′ 17″ northLongitude
141.30923° or 141° 18′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8RM33835+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 146432491OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q710826
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Thai—“Hokkaido Jingu Shrine” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hokkaidoko santutegia”
- Catalan: “Santuari de Hokkaidō”
- Chinese: “北海道神宫”
- Chinese: “北海道神宮”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح هوكايدو”
- Esperanto: “Hokajda Jaŝiro”
- French: “Hokkaidō-jingū”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Hokkaidō”
- German: “Hokkaido-jingu”
- German: “Hokkaido-jingū”
- German: “Hokkaidō-jingū”
- German: “Hokkaido-Schrein”
- German: “Hokkaidō-Schrein”
- Hebrew: “מקדש הוקאידו”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Agung Hokkaido”
- Japanese: “北海道神宮”
- Japanese: “北海道神宮例大祭”
- Japanese: “北海道開拓神社”
- Japanese: “札幌神社”
- Japanese: “蝦夷国新一の宮”
- Korean: “홋카이도 신궁”
- Marathi: “होक्काइदो तीर्थ”
- Russian: “Хоккайдо-дзингу”
- Russian: “Храм Хоккайдо”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Hokkaidō”
- Thai: “ศาลเจ้าฮกไกโด”
- “tomo sewi suli Kokato”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 古いお札・お守り納所 and 北海道神宮神門.
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