Sogenji Park
Sōgen-ji was a Buddhist temple and royal mausoleum of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. It was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin, and destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: Buddhist temple in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Sōgen-ji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum (Okimyu) and D-naha.
Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum (Okimyu)
Museum
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The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, or Okimu for short, is a museum in the most southern prefecture of Japan. The museum complex in the Omoro-machi area of Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum (Okimyu) is situated 800 metres northeast of Sogenji Park.
D-naha
Shopping center
Photo: Kugel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
D-naha is a shopping center, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Sogenji Park.
First Makishi public market
Marketplace
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First Makishi public market is a marketplace, which is situated 710 metres south of Sogenji Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kumemura and Haebaru.
Kumemura
Quarter
Kumemura was an Okinawan community of scholars, bureaucrats, and diplomats in the port city of Naha near the royal capital of Shuri, which was a center of culture and learning during the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Haebaru
Town
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Haebaru is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 37,874 and a density of 3,500 persons per km2. Haebaru is situated 5 km southeast of Sogenji Park.
Yonabaru
Town
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Yonabaru is a town in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located at the southern end of Okinawa Island, on the east coast, overlooking Nakagusuku Bay. Yonabaru is situated 7 km east of Sogenji Park.
Sogenji Park
- Categories: former Buddhist temple and recreation area
- Location: Naha, Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.22055° or 26° 13′ 14″ northLongitude
127.69062° or 127° 41′ 26″ eastOpen location code
7QR96MCR+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 552616621OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3511683
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Satellite Map
Discover Sogenji Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Sogenji Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “崇元寺”
- Dutch: “Sōgen-ji”
- French: “Sōgen-ji”
- Japanese: “Sōgenji kōen”
- Japanese: “そうげんじこうえん”
- Japanese: “崇元寺”
- Japanese: “崇元寺公園”
- Japanese: “旧崇元寺石門”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stone Tablet for Dismounting of Sogenji Temple and Sogenji utaki.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sogenji Park”. Photo: LordAmeth, CC BY-SA 3.0.