Treasure Museum
Treasure Museum is a museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. Treasure Museum is situated nearby to the historic site 灯籠, as well as near 灯籠.- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Tō-ji Hōmotsukan” and “宝物館”
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Temple and Daishi Hall, Toji.
East Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. East Temple is situated 110 metres south of Treasure Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minami and Central Kyoto.
Minami
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
South Kyoto
Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Treasure Museum
- Categories: treasure hall, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.98214° or 34° 58′ 56″ northLongitude
135.74732° or 135° 44′ 50″ eastInception
1965Open location code
8Q6QXPJW+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 187657227OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q104721143
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Treasure Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “musée du trésor du temple de l’Est”
- French: “Musée du trésor”
- Japanese: “Hōmotsukan”
- Japanese: “ほうもつかん”
- Japanese: “教王護国寺宝物館”
- Japanese: “東寺宝物館”
- Spanish: “Museo del Tesoro”
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