Happy Science
Happy Science, formerly known as the Institute for Research in Human Happiness, is a new religious movement founded in Japan on 6 October 1986 by former Wall Street trader Ryuho Okawa, whose followers regarded him as the incarnation of a supreme being from Venus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Place of worship
- Description: global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa
- Also known as: “Institute for Research in Human Happiness”, “Kofuku-no-Kagaku”, “Kōfuku-no-Kagaku”, and “The Institute for Research in Human Happiness”
- Address: 3 Margaret Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London St Pancras International
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London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.
The Cartoon Museum
Museum
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The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures and comic strips, owned and operated by the Cartoon Art Trust. It has a library of over 5,000 books and 4,000 comics.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soho and Fitzrovia.
Soho
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Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.
Fitzrovia
Suburb
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Fitzrovia is a district of central London, England, near the West End. Its eastern part is in the London Borough of Camden, and the western in the City of Westminster.
St Giles
Neighborhood
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St Giles is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Camden. It is in Central London and part of the West End. The area gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields.
Happy Science
- Categories: religious organization, new religious movement, religious corporation, legal person, house, building, and religion
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5173° or 51° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.1384° or 0° 8′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV86+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 654097035OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q1061176
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Tamil—“Happy Science” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Happy Science”
- Albanian: “Shkencë e lumtur”
- Arabic: “هابي ساينس”
- Bavarian: “Happy Science”
- Catalan: “Ciència de la felicitat”
- Catalan: “Happy Science”
- Catalan: “Institut de Recerca de la Felicitat Humana”
- Catalan: “Kōfuku-no-Kagaku”
- Chinese: “幸福科学”
- Chinese: “幸福科學”
- Danish: “Happy Science”
- Dutch: “Gelukkige Wetenschap”
- Dutch: “Happy Science”
- Dutch: “wetenschap van geluk”
- Esperanto: “Scienco de Feliĉo”
- Finnish: “Hyvää tiedettä”
- French: “Happy Science”
- French: “Institut de recherche sur le bonheur humain”
- French: “Kōfuku no Kagaku”
- German: “Happy Science”
- Hindi: “Happy Science”
- Hindi: “खुशी का विज्ञान”
- Hindi: “हैप्पी साइंस”
- Indonesian: “Kōfuku-no-Kagaku”
- Japanese: “Happy Science”
- Japanese: “IRH”
- Japanese: “こうふくのかがく”
- Japanese: “ハッピー・サイエンス”
- Japanese: “ハッピーサイエンス”
- Japanese: “幸福の科学”
- Japanese: “幸福科学”
- Japanese: “幸福科學”
- Korean: “Happy Science”
- Korean: “해피 사이언스”
- Korean: “해피사이언스”
- Korean: “행복의 과학”
- Korean: “행복의과학”
- Polish: “Happy Science”
- Polish: “Kōfuku-no-Kagaku”
- Portuguese: “Happy Science”
- Russian: “Happy Science”
- Sinhala: “Happy Science”
- Sinhala: “සතුට පිළිබඳ විද්යාව”
- Sinhala: “සතුටු විද්යාව”
- Spanish: “Happy Science”
- Swedish: “Glad vetenskap”
- Swedish: “Happy Science”
- Tamil: “Happy Science”
- Tamil: “மகிழ்ச்சியான அறிவியல்”
- Tamil: “மகிழ்ச்சியின் அறிவியல்”
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Notable Places Nearby
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