Rokusonnō Shrine
Rokusonnō Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Three Genji Shrines, a group of three Japanese Shinto shrines connected with the Seiwa Genji group of the Minamoto clan.Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Temple and Kyoto Railway Museum.
East Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. 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. East Temple is situated 440 metres southeast of Rokusonnō Shrine.
Kyoto Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. Kyoto Railway Museum is situated 310 metres northwest of Rokusonnō Shrine.
Kyoto Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyoto Aquarium is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan. Kyoto Aquarium is situated 400 metres northeast of Rokusonnō Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minami and Central Kyoto.
Minami
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
South Kyoto
Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Rokusonnō Shrine
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.98458° or 34° 59′ 5″ northLongitude
135.74523° or 135° 44′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QXPMW+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 379086092OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11392320
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Turkish—“Rokusonnō Shrine” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရိုခုဆွန်းနိုးနတ်ကျောင်း”
- French: “Rokusonnō-jinja”
- French: “sanctuaire Rokusonnō”
- French: “Sanctuaire Rokusonnō”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Rokusonnō”
- Japanese: “Rokusonnō-jinja”
- Japanese: “ろくそんのうじんじゃ”
- Japanese: “六孫王社”
- Japanese: “六孫王神社”
- Turkish: “Rokusonnō Tapınağı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shinryū Pond and Main Shrine.
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