Zenkoji temple
Zenkō-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. It is one of the few remaining pilgrimage sites in Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Nagano’s Darkroom”, “Zenko-ji”, “Zenkō-ji”, “Zenkō-ji Temple”, “Zenkoji”, and “Zenkōji”
Photo: Mti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nagano Prefectural Art Museum and Kankei-ji Temple.
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum is a museum in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. Nagano Prefectural Art Museum is situated 260 metres east of Zenkoji temple.
Kankei-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
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Kankei-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Zenkoji temple.
Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum
Museum
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum opened as Shinano Art Museum in Jōyama Park, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1966, becoming a prefectural museum three years later. Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum is situated 310 metres east of Zenkoji temple.
Zenkoji temple
- Categories: chokugan-ji, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nagano, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.6614° or 36° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
138.18785° or 138° 11′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8Q8WM56Q+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 220401982OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q189640
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Zenkoji temple” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Zenkō-ji”
- Central Bikol: “Zenkō-ji”
- Chinese: “善光寺”
- Dutch: “Zenko-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زينكو جى”
- French: “Zenkō-ji”
- Gan Chinese: “善光寺”
- German: “Zenkō-ji”
- Greek: “Ζένκο-τζι”
- Hebrew: “זנקו-ג’י”
- Hungarian: “Zenkódzsi”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Zenkō-ji”
- Japanese: “ぜんこうじ”
- Japanese: “善光寺”
- Javanese: “Zenko-ji”
- Korean: “젠코지”
- Persian: “زنکو-جی”
- Russian: “Дзэнкодзи”
- Spanish: “Zenko-ji”
- Swedish: “Zenkō-ji”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Дзенко”
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