同志社大学室町キャンパス

同志社大学室町キャンパス is a college in Kamigyō Ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. 同志社大学室町キャンパス is situated nearby to the hospital 室町病院, as well as near the Buddhist temple Daishō-ji Temple.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Daishō-ji Temple and Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Daishō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

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Daishō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple.

The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1337 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Kyoto Imperial Palace is situated 780 metres southeast of 同志社大学室町キャンパス.

Sho-koku-ji temple

Buddhist temple

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Shōkoku-ji, formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji, is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras. Sho-koku-ji temple is situated 310 metres east of 同志社大学室町キャンパス.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyōto-Gyoen.

Kamigyō-ku

Suburb

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Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.

Kyōto-Gyoen

Neighborhood

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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

North Kyoto

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Northern Kyoto is graced with scores of centuries-old shrines and temples, including several World Heritage Sites. One of Kyoto's most famous attractions - the magnificent golden pavilion of Kinkaku-ji - can be found here.