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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include To-ji Temple and Daishi Hall, Toji.

To-ji 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. To-ji Temple is situated 110 metres south of Treasure Museum.

Daishi Hall, Toji

Shrine

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Daishi Hall, Toji is a shrine.

Kanchi-in

Buddhist temple

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Kanchi-in is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minami and Central Kyoto.

Minami

Suburb

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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

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Tō-ji Hōmotsukan” and “宝物館”
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″ north

Longitude

135.74732° or 135° 44′ 50″ east

Inception

1965

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

8Q6QXPJW+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 187657227

OpenStreetMap feature

building=museum

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata 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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Highlights include 灯籠 and 灯籠.

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