Shōden-an Temple

Shōden-an Temple is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi. Shōden-an Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Butsugen-ji Temple, as well as near the railway stop Atagobashi Station.

Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Buddhist temple
Description: temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
Also known as: “Shōden-an”
Address: 若林区, 仙台市, 宮城県 984-0073

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Butsugen-ji Temple and Atagobashi Station.

Butsugen-ji Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Butsugen-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple.

Atagobashi Station

Railway stop

Photo: William McDuff, Public domain.

Atagobashi Station is an underground metro station on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Atagobashi Station is situated 160 metres west of Shōden-an Temple.

Touhoku University Museum

Museum

Tohoku Gakuin University is a private university in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1886 under the influence of the German Reformed Church missionaries. Miyagi Gakuin Women's University is its sister school. Touhoku University Museum is situated 330 metres west of Shōden-an Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aoba and Taihaku-ku.

Aoba

Suburb

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

Aoba-ku is one of five wards of Sendai, the largest city in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Aoba-ku encompasses 302.278 km² and had a population of 296,551, with 147,622 households as of March 1, 2012. Aoba is situated 2½ km northwest of Shōden-an Temple.

Taihaku-ku

Suburb

Photo: Kinori, Public domain.

Taihaku-ku is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023, the ward had a population of 234,391 and a population density of 1028 persons per km2 in 113,068 households. Taihaku-ku is situated 2½ km south of Shōden-an Temple.

Miyagino

Suburb

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Miyagino-ku is the northeastern ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2017, the ward had a population of 196,086 and a population density of 3370 persons per km2 in 91322 households. Miyagino is situated 3 km northeast of Shōden-an Temple.

Shōden-an Temple

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

38.24777° or 38° 14′ 52″ north

Longitude

140.88344° or 140° 53′ 0″ east

Open location code

8RC26VXM+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 227775235

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q11511926

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Shōden-an Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Shōden-an”
Japanese: “昌伝庵”
Japanese: “昌傳庵”

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