Nagi Shrine

Nagi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. Nagi Shrine is situated nearby to the shrine 田中社, as well as near Hayabusa-Shrine.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Nagi Shrine (Kyoto)”, “Nagi-jinja”, and “元祇園社”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mibu-dera and Kyoto Seishū Netsuke Art Museum.

Mibu-dera

Buddhist temple

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Mibu-dera is a Buddhist temple in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. In the Middle Ages, the temple revived a performance created by the Yuzu Nembutsu monk Engaku known as the Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen. Mibu-dera is situated 170 metres south of Nagi Shrine.

Kyoto Seishū Netsuke Art Museum

Museum

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Kyoto Seishū Netsuke Art Museum is situated 210 metres south of Nagi Shrine.

Ōmiya Station

Railway station

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Ōmiya Station is a railway station built underground in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. Hankyu Kyoto Line serves this station. Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line terminus Shijō-Ōmiya Station locates nearby. Ōmiya Station is situated 400 metres east of Nagi Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogyō-ku and Central Kyoto.

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.