Sho-koku-ji temple

Shōkoku-ji, formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji, is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras.
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  • Buddhist temple
  • …is also known as “Shōkoku-ji”
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Japan

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyoto Imperial Palace and Daikōmyō-ji.
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The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi… is situated 1 km south of Sho-koku-ji temple.
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is a Buddhist temple in , Japan.
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is an art gallery, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Sho-koku-ji temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyoto-Gyoen.
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , .
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National Garden is a 65-hectare national…
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Northern Kyoto is graced with scores of centuries-old…

Sho-koku-ji temple

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Latitude
35.0326° or 35° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
135.76186° or 135° 45′ 43″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q2QM6+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 619901458
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q1786709

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Sho-koku-ji temple” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရှောခိုခုဂျိ”
  • Catalan: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Chinese: “相国寺”
  • Chinese: “相國寺”
  • Czech: “Šókokudži”
  • Danish: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Dutch: “Mannen-zan Shokoku Shoten Zenji”
  • Dutch: “Shokoku-ji”
  • Dutch: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شوكوكو جى”
  • French: “Shokoku-ji”
  • French: “Shôkoku-ji”
  • French: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Galician: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • German: “Shokoku ji”
  • German: “Shokoku-ji”
  • German: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • German: “Shōkoku-Tempel”
  • German: “Shokokuji”
  • German: “Shōkokuji”
  • Hungarian: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Hungarian: “Sókoku-dzsi”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Shōkoku-ji”
  • Italian: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Japanese: “万年山相国寺”
  • Japanese: “相国寺”
  • Korean: “상국사”
  • Korean: “쇼코쿠지”
  • Persian: “معبد شوکوکو”
  • Polish: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Russian: “Сёкоку-дзи”
  • Slovenian: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Slovenian: “Šokokudži”
  • Spanish: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Turkish: “Shōkoku-ji”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Шьококу”
  • Ukrainian: “Шококу-дзі”

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