Wakō-ji Temple
Wakō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka. Wakō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the public building 堀江社会保険事務所, as well as near the school 大阪市立堀江小学校.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Nishi-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Amida-ike”, “Amidaike”, and “Wakō-ji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Osaka Municipal Central Library and Nishi-Nagahori.
Osaka Municipal Central Library
Library
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Osaka Municipal Central Library is situated 260 metres west of Wakō-ji Temple.
Nishi-Nagahori
Railway stop
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nishi-Nagahori Station is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and Sennichimae Line in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Nishi-Nagahori is situated 260 metres northwest of Wakō-ji Temple.
Kyocera Dome Osaka
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kyocera Dome Osaka is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Kyocera Dome Osaka is situated 1¼ km southwest of Wakō-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naniwa-ku and Dōtonbori.
Naniwa-ku
Suburb
Photo: 螺钉, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naniwa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567.
Dōtonbori
Locality
Photo: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0.
Dōtonbori or Dōtombori is a district in Osaka, Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chūō ward.
Sōemon
Neighborhood
Photo: Tuyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sōemonchō or Soemonchō is an entertainment district in Chūō-ku, one of the wards of Osaka, Japan. The district borders on two other entertainment districts, Shinsaibashi to the north and Dōtonbori to the south.
Wakō-ji Temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.67408° or 34° 40′ 27″ northLongitude
135.489° or 135° 29′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QMFFQ+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 517017766OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q11417167
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Japanese—“Wakō-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Wihara Wakō-ji”
- Japanese: “あみだ池”
- Japanese: “和光寺”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amidaike Park and 堀江社会保険事務所.
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