Yakuō-ji Temple

Yakuō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Yakuō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Iwafune Jizō-dō, as well as near Jokomyoji Temple.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iwafune Jizō-dō and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine.

Iwafune Jizō-dō

Buddhist temple

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Iwafune Jizō-dō is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 130 metres south of Yakuō-ji Temple.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is situated 700 metres southeast of Yakuō-ji Temple.

Jufuku-ji

Buddhist temple

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Kikokuzan Kongō Jufuku Zenji, usually known as Jufuku-ji, is a temple of the Kenchō-ji branch of the Rinzai sect and the oldest Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jufuku-ji is situated 460 metres south of Yakuō-ji Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yamanouchi and Kamakura.

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.

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.

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.

Yakuō-ji Temple

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

35.32837° or 35° 19′ 42″ north

Longitude

139.54929° or 139° 32′ 58″ east

Open location code

8Q7X8GHX+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 705286542

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q11622492

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Japanese—“Yakuō-ji Temple” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Wihara Yakuō-ji”
Japanese: “薬王寺”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jokomyoji Temple and Myo-an-ji.

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