East Plaza
East Plaza is a square in North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto. East Plaza is situated nearby to the grassland Concourse, as well as near the square West Plaza.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tōji-in and Kinkaku-ji.
Tōji-in
Buddhist temple
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Tōji-in is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai Tenryū sect located in Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan, and one of two funeral temples dedicated to Ashikaga Takauji, first shōgun of the Ashikaga dynasty. Tōji-in is situated 150 metres south of East Plaza.
Kinkaku-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. Kinkaku-ji is situated 1 km northeast of East Plaza.
Ryōan-ji
Buddhist temple
Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui, a refined type of Japanese Zen temple… Ryōan-ji is situated 590 metres west of East Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ukyō District and Kamigyō-ku.
Ukyō District
Suburb
Ukyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Ukyō District is situated 2½ km south of East Plaza.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō. Kamigyō-ku is situated 3 km east of East Plaza.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Nakagyō-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of East Plaza.
East Plaza
- Type: Square
- Category: locality
- Location: North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.03256° or 35° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
135.72445° or 135° 43′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2PMF+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 559092694OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
“East Plaza” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “東側広場”
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