Goou Shrine
Goō Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Kamigyō-ku district of Kyoto, Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: S kitahashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Goō Shrine” and “Goou-jinja”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kyoto Imperial Palace and Shirakumo Shrine.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Castle
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1337 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Kyoto Imperial Palace is situated 470 metres northeast of Goou Shrine.
Shirakumo Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Shinmaebashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shirakumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, in Kyoto, Japan. Shirakumo Shrine is situated 230 metres east of Goou Shrine.
St. Agnes‘ Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
St. Agnes Cathedral is a Christian church located in Kyoto, Japan, and is the diocesan cathedral of the Diocese of Kyoto, which comprises all the Anglican-Episcopal churches and other facilities in Fukui, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Shiga, and Toyama, and Wakayama Prefectures. St. Agnes‘ Episcopal Church is situated 270 metres south of Goou Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyōto-Gyoen and Kamigyō-ku.
Kyōto-Gyoen
Neighborhood
Photo: Shinpeiinada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.
Goou Shrine
- Categories: Beppyo Shrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kamigyō Ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.02221° or 35° 1′ 20″ northLongitude
135.75883° or 135° 45′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2QC5+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 345029419OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11632526
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Goou Shrine” goes by many names.
- French: “Goō-jinja”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Goō”
- Japanese: “護王神社”
- Turkish: “Goō Tapınağı”
- “Goou-jinja”
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Highlights include Haiden and Honden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Goou Shrine”. Photo: S kitahashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.