Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum
Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum is a museum in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum is situated nearby to the temple 慈芳院, as well as near the health club Gym Vinaccia.- Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
August 10th—20 and December 24th—January 7th: closed - Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Kawai Kanjirō’s House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto National Museum.
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is situated 1 km east of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.
Kyoto National Museum
Museum
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The Kyoto National Museum is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art. Kyoto National Museum is situated 410 metres south of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.
Hōkō-ji
Buddhist temple
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Hōkō-ji is a temple in Kyoto, Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu temple to surpass that of Nara. Hōkō-ji is situated 270 metres southwest of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.
Central Kyoto
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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
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.
Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.99357° or 34° 59′ 37″ northLongitude
135.77438° or 135° 46′ 28″ eastInception
February 1st, 1973Levels
2Open location code
8Q6QXQVF+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 547434224OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Musée commémoratif Kanjirō Kawai”
- Japanese: “Kawai Kanjirō kinen-kan”
- Japanese: “かわい かんじろう きねんかん”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 慈芳院 and Gym Vinaccia.
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