Hochigai Shrine

Hochigai Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka. Hochigai Shrine is situated nearby to the archaeological site Tadeiyama Tomb, as well as near 天王古墳.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Hochigai-jinja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tadeiyama Tomb and 紅谷庵.

Tadeiyama Tomb

Archaeological site

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Tadeiyama Tomb is an archaeological site, which is situated 160 metres southwest of Hochigai Shrine.

紅谷庵

Buddhist temple

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紅谷庵 is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 310 metres southwest of Hochigai Shrine.

Sakaihigashi Station is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK56". Sakaihigashi Station is situated 440 metres west of Hochigai Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kita-ku and Sumiyoshi-ku.

Kita-ku

Suburb

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Kita-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 15.58 km2 and a population of 154,846. The population density is 9,945 per km2. Kita-ku is situated 3 km southeast of Hochigai Shrine.

Sumiyoshi-ku

Suburb

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Sumiyoshi-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southernmost part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River. Sumiyoshi-ku is situated 3 km northeast of Hochigai Shrine.

Suminoe-ku

Suburb

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Suminoe-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north, and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east. Suminoe-ku is situated 4½ km northwest of Hochigai Shrine.

Hochigai Shrine

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.57686° or 34° 34′ 37″ north

Longitude

135.48931° or 135° 29′ 22″ east

Open location code

8Q6QHFGQ+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43992121

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11504380

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Hochigai Shrine” goes by many names.

Chinese: “方違神社”
French: “sanctuaire d’Hochigai”
French: “Sanctuaire d’Hochigai”
Indonesian: “Kuil Hochigai”
Japanese: “方違神社”
Ukrainian: “Святилище Хотігаі”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 天王古墳 and 堺市高石市消防組合堺消防署三国ヶ丘出張所.

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