Asahi Benzaiten
Asahi Benzaiten is a Buddhist temple in Taito, Tokyo. Asahi Benzaiten is situated nearby to Hakuyo Junior High School, as well as near the place of worship 立正佼成会台東教会.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Asahi-Benzaiten” and “Asahi-Benzaiten Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and National Museum of Western Art.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1¼ km southwest of Asahi Benzaiten.
National Museum of Western Art
Museum
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 1½ km southwest of Asahi Benzaiten.
FamilyMart
Convenience store
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
FamilyMart Company, Ltd. is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Eleven Japan. FamilyMart is situated 510 metres southwest of Asahi Benzaiten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashi-Nippori and Asakusa.
Asakusa
Asakusa is a part of Tokyo's downtown Taito district, best known for its many temples, particularly Sensō-ji, Tokyo's largest Buddhist temple.
Asahi Benzaiten
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.72358° or 35° 43′ 25″ northLongitude
139.78771° or 139° 47′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPQFQ+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 243430905OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q111836740
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Japanese—“Asahi Benzaiten” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Asahi-Benzaiten”
- Japanese: “弁天院”
- Japanese: “朝日弁財天”
- Japanese: “朝日辨財尊天”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 弁天院公園 and Hakuyo Junior High School.
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