Sumadera Temple

Sumadera Temple is a Buddhist temple in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo. Sumadera Temple is situated nearby to the fire station 須磨消防団第6分団, as well as near the police station Koban.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Shingon Buddhism sect dedicated to Āryāvalokiteśvara in Suma-ku, Japan
Also known as: “Fukushō-ji”, “Suma Temple”, and “Suma-dera”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sumadera Station and Sanyo Suma.

Sumadera Station

Railway station

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Sumadera Station is a railway station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Sumadera Station is situated 550 metres southeast of Sumadera Temple.

Sanyo Suma

Railway station

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Sanyo-Suma Station is a train station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Sanyo Suma is situated 630 metres south of Sumadera Temple.

Suma Station

Railway station

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Suma Station is a railway station on the JR West San'yō Main Line in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. JR Suma Station first opened on November 1, 1888. Suma Station is situated 780 metres south of Sumadera Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagata-ku and Tarumi-ku.

Nagata-ku

Suburb

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Nagata is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake. Nagata-ku is situated 4 km northeast of Sumadera Temple.

Tarumi-ku

Suburb

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Tarumi is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 26.89 km2, and a population of 219,958. Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even Osaka. Tarumi-ku is situated 5 km west of Sumadera Temple.

Hyogo-ku

Suburb

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Hyogo is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the Akashi Strait which links Osaka Bay and the Seto Inland Sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan. Hyogo-ku is situated 6 km northeast of Sumadera Temple.

Sumadera Temple

Categories: chokugan-ji, place of worship, and religion
Location: Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.64917° or 34° 38′ 57″ north

Longitude

135.11147° or 135° 6′ 41″ east

Open location code

8Q6QJ4X6+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 692998189

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11664679

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Sumadera Temple” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Suma-dera”
Chinese: “須磨寺”
French: “Suma-dera”
French: “temple Suma”
French: “Temple Suma”
German: “Suma-dera”
Indonesian: “Wihara Suma”
Japanese: “真言宗須磨寺派”
Japanese: “福祥寺”
Japanese: “須磨寺”
Spanish: “Suma-dera”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sumadera Temple Treasure House and Sumadera Park.

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