Shinsen-en

Shinsen-en is a garden with Buddhist temple located in the approximate center of the modern city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple belongs to the Tō-ji-branch of Shingon-shū and its honzon is a statue of Sho-Kannon.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Denomination: Shingon Shu
Description: Buddhist temple and garden in Kyoto
Also known as: “Shinsenen” and “ひでんさん”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nijō Castle and Nijōjō-mae Station.

Nijō Castle

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Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. Nijō Castle is situated 280 metres north of Shinsen-en.

Nijōjō-mae Station

Metro station

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Nijōjō-mae Station is a train station in Nakagyō-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Nijōjō-mae Station is situated 200 metres east of Shinsen-en.

Nijō Station

Railway station

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Nijō Station is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Nijō Station is situated 580 metres west of Shinsen-en.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kyoto-Gyoen and Kamigyō-ku.

Kyoto-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

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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.

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 south of Shinsen-en.

Shinsen-en

Categories: Japanese garden, place of worship, religious organization, and religion
Location: Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.01144° or 35° 0′ 41″ north

Longitude

135.74813° or 135° 44′ 53″ east

Open location code

8Q7Q2P6X+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 377863812

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=religious

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=shingon_shu

Wikidata ID

Q11590468

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Turkish—“Shinsen-en” goes by many names.

Burmese: “ရှင်းဆန်းဆန်း”
Burmese: “ရှင်းဆန်းအန်း”
Chinese: “神泉苑”
Egyptian Arabic: “معبد شينسين ان”
French: “Shinsen-en”
French: “temple Shinsen-en”
German: “Shinsen’en”
Indonesian: “Wihara Shinsen-en”
Italian: “Shinsenen”
Japanese: “神泉苑”
Turkish: “Shinsen-en”

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