Kuri
Kuri is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Kuri is situated nearby to the temple 大玄関, as well as near 新瑞龍殿.Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kyoto National Museum and Kiyomizu-dera.
Kyoto National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kyoto National Museum is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art. Kyoto National Museum is situated 210 metres west of Kuri.
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is situated 1 km northeast of Kuri.
Sanjūsangen-dō
Buddhist temple
Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0.
Sanjūsangen-dō is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Sanjūsangen-dō is situated 410 metres southwest of Kuri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.
Kuri
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Also known as: “Myōhō-in Kuri”
- Categories: kuri, building, temple, historic site, historic building, and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.99042° or 34° 59′ 26″ northLongitude
135.77521° or 135° 46′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QXQRG+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 286826911OpenStreetMap feature
building=templeOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q107020628
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In Other Languages
“Kuri” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “妙法院庫裏”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Myōhō-in and 新瑞龍殿.
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