Shirahige Jinja
Shirahige Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Sumida, Tokyo. Shirahige Jinja is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Gaun-ji Temple, as well as near Hōsenji.Photo: おにく, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Shirahige Shrine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden and Tokyo Skytree.
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden
Garden
Photo: Irina Gelbukh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden is an urban garden located in Sumida, Tokyo. The garden was created by a merchant, and is different from daimyō gardens, and therefore it is not a "traditional Japanese garden" in the proper sense of the term.
Tokyo Skytree
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC0.
Tokyo Skytree, also written as Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 m in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa. Tokyo Skytree is situated 1½ km south of Shirahige Jinja.
Hōsenji
Buddhist temple
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Hōsenji is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 130 metres northeast of Shirahige Jinja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hashiba and Tsutsumidōri.
Shirahige Jinja
- Categories: Shirahige-jinja (worship), place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.7251° or 35° 43′ 30″ northLongitude
139.81306° or 139° 48′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XPRG7+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 243502638OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q17216575
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In Other Languages
From French to Korean—“Shirahige Jinja” goes by many names.
- French: “sanctuaire de Shirahige”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Shirahige”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Shirahige”
- Japanese: “白鬚神社”
- Korean: “시라히게 신사”
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Highlights include Gaun-ji Temple and 会古路地 路地尊第４号基.
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