Entokuin

Entokuin is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Entokuin is situated nearby to Plaza, as well as near Kōdai-ji Shō Art Museum.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kōdai-ji Shō Art Museum and Kōdai-ji.

Kōdai-ji

Buddhist temple

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Kōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Shimogawara neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kenninji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Kōdai-ji is situated 170 metres east of Entokuin.

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 Entokuin.

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. Shimogyō-ku is situated 2½ km southwest of Entokuin.

Entokuin

Type: Buddhist temple
Also known as: “Entoku-in”, “円徳院”, and “旧円徳院庭園”
Categories: tatchū, place of worship, and religion
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.00081° or 35° 0′ 3″ north

Longitude

135.77958° or 135° 46′ 47″ east

Open location code

8Q7Q2Q2H+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 371728884

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11422904

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Entokuin” goes by many names.

Chinese: “圓德院”
Japanese: “圓徳院”
Vietnamese: “Entoku-in”

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