Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum)

Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum) is a museum in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum) is situated nearby to the cemetery 両足院墓地, as well as near the Buddhist temple 法龍院.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kennin-ji and Yasui Konpira-gu.

Kennin-ji

Buddhist temple

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Kennin-ji is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto".

Yasui Konpira-gu

Shinto shrine

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Yasui Konpira-gu is a Shinto shrine.

Kiyomizu-dera

Buddhist temple

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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 southeast of Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Shimogawara-chō

Neighborhood

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Shimogawara-chō is a neighborhood.

Central Kyoto

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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.

Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum)

Type: Museum
Also known as: “中村甲刀修史館 (Nakamura Kofu Sword Museum)”
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.00009° or 35° 0′ 0″ north

Longitude

135.77552° or 135° 46′ 32″ east

Open location code

8Q7Q2Q2G+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 356602541

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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In Other Languages

“Ii Clan Museum (Armor Museum)” goes by many names.

Japanese: “Ii Bijitsukan”
Japanese: “井伊美術館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 両足院墓地 and 法龍院.

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