Kosokuji Temple

Kosokuji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Kosokuji Temple is situated nearby to Hasedera Museum, as well as near Benten-kutsu Cave.

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Type: Buddhist temple
Description: Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect in Hase, Japan
Also known as: “Kōsoku-ji Temple”
Address: 7, school, 長谷三丁目, 鎌倉市, 神奈川県

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hase-dera temple and Goryō Shrine.

Hase-dera temple

Buddhist temple

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Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon, is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Hase-dera temple is situated 140 metres southeast of Kosokuji Temple.

Goryō Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Goryō Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 240 metres south of Kosokuji Temple.

Gokurakuji Station

Railway station

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Gokurakuji Station is a railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of Kamakura, Japan. Gokurakuji Station is situated 550 metres southwest of Kosokuji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.

Kamakura

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Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.

Yamanouchi

Neighborhood

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Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura. Yamanouchi is situated 3 km northeast of Kosokuji Temple.

Nikaidō

Neighborhood

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Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado. Nikaidō is situated 4 km northeast of Kosokuji Temple.

Kosokuji Temple

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.31321° or 35° 18′ 48″ north

Longitude

139.53218° or 139° 31′ 56″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8G7J+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 695597649

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11388298

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Kosokuji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Kōsoku-ji”
Japanese: “光則寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hasedera Museum and Benten-kutsu Cave.

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