Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple

Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Osaka. Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Ikunono Shrine, as well as near the Buddhist temple 法見寺.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Shariji, Japan
Also known as: “南岳山舎利尊勝寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Osaka Municipal Ikuno Library and Momodani Station.

Osaka Municipal Ikuno Library

Library

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Osaka Municipal Ikuno Library is situated 370 metres northeast of Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple.

Momodani Station

Railway station

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Momodani Station is a railway station on the Osaka Loop Line in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Momodani Station is situated 1 km northwest of Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple.

Shitennō-ji

Buddhist temple

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Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji/Naniwa-daiji, or Mitsu-ji 御津寺. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shitennō-ji is situated 2 km west of Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tennoji and Higashinari-ku.

Tennoji

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Tennōji is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the Shitennō-ji, the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward.

Higashinari-ku

Suburb

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Higashinari-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. As of September 2010, it had a total population of 79,435. The ward is located east of Osaka City, and is bordered clockwise north by: Jōtō-ku ward, the core city of Higashiōsaka, and the wards of Ikuno-ku, Tennōji-ku, and Chūō-ku. Higashinari-ku is situated 2½ km northeast of Shari-Sonsho-ji Temple.