Hosho-ji Temple
Hosho-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo. Hosho-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Taiju-in Temple, as well as near Shōtō-in Temple.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Hōshō-ji” and “Hōshō-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and FamilyMart.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 730 metres west of Hosho-ji Temple.
FamilyMart
Convenience store
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
FamilyMart Company, Ltd. is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Eleven Japan. FamilyMart is situated 140 metres south of Hosho-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashi-Nippori and Asakusa.
Asakusa
Asakusa is a part of Tokyo's downtown Taito district, best known for its many temples, particularly Sensō-ji, Tokyo's largest Buddhist temple.
Yanaka
Quarter
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.
Hosho-ji Temple
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.72143° or 35° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
139.7834° or 139° 47′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPQCM+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 153990150OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q106485901
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Japanese—“Hosho-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Hōshō-ji”
- Japanese: “法昌寺”
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Highlights include Taiju-in Temple and Shōtō-in Temple.
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