Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum

Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum is a museum in , , . Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum is situated nearby to the temple , as well as near the fitness club .
  • 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” and “河井寛次郎記念館”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyoto National Museum and Kiyomizu-dera.

Museum
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The is one of the major art museums in . Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and art. is situated 410 metres south of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. is situated 1 km east of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.

Buddhist temple
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is a temple in , Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu temple to surpass that of Nara. is situated 270 metres southwest of Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , 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 . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in .

Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum

Latitude
34.99357° or 34° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
135.77438° or 135° 46′ 28″ east
Inception
February 1st, 1973
Levels
2
Open location code
8Q6QXQVF+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 547434224
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Kanjirō Kawai Memorial Museum” goes by many names.

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