Golden Hall
Golden Hall is a shrine in Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto. Golden Hall is situated nearby to Yashima shrine, as well as near the Buddhist temple East Temple.Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
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- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Shrine
- Also known as: “Golden Hall, Toji” and “Main Hall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Temple and Kobo Daishi Hall.
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.
Kobo Daishi Hall
Shrine
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Kobo Daishi Hall is a shrine, which is situated 170 metres northwest of Golden Hall.
Kyōto Station
Railway station
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Kyōto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. Kyōto Station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Golden Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogyō-ku and Central Kyoto.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-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.
Golden Hall
Latitude
34.98036° or 34° 58′ 49″ northLongitude
135.7477° or 135° 44′ 52″ eastInception
1603Open location code
8Q6QXPJX+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 187657231OpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q107020573
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Golden Hall” goes by many names.
- French: “pavillon doré de Tō-ji”
- French: “pavillon doré du temple de l’Est”
- French: “Pavillon doré”
- French: “pavillon principal de Tō-ji”
- Japanese: “Kon-dō”
- Japanese: “こんどう”
- Japanese: “教王護国寺金堂”
- Japanese: “東寺金堂”
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