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.
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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.

The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in . It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland .

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.

is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

Suburb
is a district of , England, near the . Its eastern part is in the , and the western in the .

Neighborhood
is an area in , England and is located in the . It is in and part of the . The area gets its name from the parish church of .

Happy Science

Latitude
51.5173° or 51° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.1384° or 0° 8′ 18″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV86+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 654097035
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Wiki­data 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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Highlights include London Fo Guang Shan Temple and All Saints.

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