Daisen-ji
Daisen-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism, and its honzon is a statue of Jizo Bosatsu.Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Daisen-ji Temple” and “角磐山大山寺”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ōgamiyama Shrine and Mount Daisen.
Ōgamiyama Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōgamiyama Jinja is a Shinto shrine, in Daisen, Tottori, Japan. A number of its structures have been designated Important Cultural Properties. Ōgamiyama Shrine is situated 430 metres southeast of Daisen-ji.
Mount Daisen
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.1 jp.
Mount Daisen is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 m. This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.
Daisen-ji
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Daisen, Saihaku district, Tottori, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.39111° or 35° 23′ 28″ northLongitude
133.53433° or 133° 32′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8Q7M9GRM+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 669850791OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q3012163
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Daisen-ji” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبد دايزن-إن”
- Dutch: “Daisen-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد دايزن ان”
- French: “Daisen-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Daisen-ji”
- Japanese: “大山寺”
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