Hōkai-ji

Kinryūzan Shakuman-in Endon Hōkai-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Often called Hagidera, or "bush-clover temple", because those flowers are numerous in its garden, its existence is directly linked to a famous tragedy that on July 4, 1333 wiped out almost the entire Hōjō clan, ruler of Japan for 135 years.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan
Also known as: “Hōkai-ji Temple” and “Kinryūzan Shakuman-in Endon Hōkai-ji”
Address: 22, 小町三丁目, 鎌倉市, 神奈川県

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Kamakura Museum of National Treasures.

Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is situated 400 metres northwest of Hōkai-ji.

Kamakura Museum of National Treasures

Museum

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The Kamakura Museum of National Treasures or Kamakura Museum or Kamakura National Treasure House is a museum located on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura Museum of National Treasures is situated 300 metres north of Hōkai-ji.

Kamakura Station

Railway station

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Kamakura Station is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kamakura Station is situated 780 metres southwest of Hōkai-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Nikaidō.

Kamakura

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Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.

Nikaidō

Neighborhood

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Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado.

Yamanouchi

Neighborhood

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Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura.

Hōkai-ji

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.32212° or 35° 19′ 20″ north

Longitude

139.55819° or 139° 33′ 30″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8HC5+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167408517

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q3146362

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Hōkai-ji” goes by many names.

Chinese: “寶戒寺”
Dutch: “Hōkai-ji”
French: “Hōkai-ji”
French: “Kinryūzan Shakuman-in Endon Hōkai-ji”
Indonesian: “Wihara Hōkai-ji”
Japanese: “宝戒寺”
Japanese: “寶戒寺”

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