East Temple

Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the ward of , . Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan.
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  • Opening hours: 5:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Denomination: Shingon Shu
  • Description: building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kyōō Gokoku-ji”, “Tō-ji”, “Tō-ji Temple”, and “Tōji”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Main Hall and Daishi Hall, Toji.

Shrine
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is a shrine.

Shrine
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is a shrine.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 160 metres north of East Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogyō-ku and Central Kyoto.

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 .

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

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Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's , stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.

East Temple

Latitude
34.98119° or 34° 58′ 52″ north
Longitude
135.74771° or 135° 44′ 52″ east
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8Q6QXPJX+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 359896810
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shingon_shu
Wiki­data ID
Q1046403
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“East Temple” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tō-ji”
  • Burmese: “တိုးဂျိ”
  • Catalan: “To-ji”
  • Catalan: “Tō-ji”
  • Chinese: “东寺”
  • Chinese: “教王護國寺”
  • Chinese: “東寺”
  • Czech: “Tódži”
  • Danish: “To-ji”
  • Dutch: “To-ji”
  • Dutch: “Tō-ji”
  • Dutch: “Toji”
  • Finnish: “To-ji”
  • Finnish: “Tō-ji”
  • French: “Kyōō Gokoku-ji”
  • French: “temple de l’Est”
  • French: “Temple de l’Est”
  • French: “Tō-ji”
  • Gan Chinese: “東寺”
  • German: “Kyo-o Gokoku-ji”
  • German: “Kyō-ō Gokoku-ji”
  • German: “To-ji”
  • German: “Tō-ji”
  • German: “Toji”
  • German: “Tōji”
  • Greek: “Κιό-ο-γκοκόκου-τζι”
  • Greek: “Τό-τζι”
  • Indonesian: “Tō-ji”
  • Italian: “Tempio Toji”
  • Italian: “Tō-ji”
  • Italian: “Tōji”
  • Japanese: “Tō-ji”
  • Japanese: “とうじ”
  • Japanese: “左大寺”
  • Japanese: “彌勒八幡山總持普賢院”
  • Japanese: “教王護国寺”
  • Japanese: “東寺”
  • Japanese: “金光明四天王敎王護國寺祕密傳法院”
  • Korean: “교오고코쿠지”
  • Korean: “도지”
  • Lithuanian: “Todži”
  • Malay: “Tō-ji”
  • Persian: “تو-جی”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Wschodnia”
  • Polish: “To-ji”
  • Polish: “Tō-ji”
  • Portuguese: “Kyo-o-gokoku-ji”
  • Russian: “То-дзи”
  • Russian: “Тодзи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “To-ji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tō-ji”
  • Slovenian: “To-dži”
  • Spanish: “Kyo-o-gokoku-ji”
  • Spanish: “Templo To-ji”
  • Spanish: “Templo Tō-ji”
  • Spanish: “Tō-ji”
  • Thai: “โทจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดโทจิ”
  • Turkish: “Tō-ji”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Tháp Toji”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa To”
  • Vietnamese: “Tō-ji”
  • Vietnamese: “Tōji”
  • Wu Chinese: “东寺(京都）”
  • Wu Chinese: “东寺（京都）”
  • Yue Chinese: “東寺”

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