Hōkō-ji

Hōkō-ji is a temple in , Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu temple to surpass that of Nara.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hoko-ji” and “Hōkō-ji Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyoto National Museum and Toyokuni Shrine.

Museum
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The is one of the major art museums in . Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and art. is situated 250 metres south of Hōkō-ji.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine located in , , . It was built in 1599 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is the location of the first tamaya ever constructed, which was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. is situated 1¼ km east of Hōkō-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , 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 . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in .

Hōkō-ji

Latitude
34.99216° or 34° 59′ 32″ north
Longitude
135.77194° or 135° 46′ 19″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 31844410
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q1045971
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Turkish—“Hōkō-ji” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဟိုးခိုးဂျိ (ကျိုတို)”
  • Burmese: “ဟိုးခိုးဂျိ”
  • Chinese: “方广寺”
  • Chinese: “方廣寺”
  • Dutch: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيكو جى”
  • French: “Hōkō-ji”
  • German: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Indonesian: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Italian: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Japanese: “Houkou-ji”
  • Japanese: “国家安康”
  • Japanese: “方広寺”
  • Japanese: “方廣寺”
  • Korean: “호코지”
  • Persian: “معبد هوکو”
  • Portuguese: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Slovenian: “Hoko-dži”
  • Slovenian: “Hōkō-ji”
  • Thai: “โฮโกจิ (เกียวโต)”
  • Thai: “โฮโกจิ”
  • Turkish: “Hōkō-ji”

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