Kōdai-ji

Kōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Shimogawara neighborhood of , , . It belongs to the of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kodai-ji”, “Kōdai-ji Temple”, and “鷲峰山高台寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiyomizu-dera and Ryōzen Kannon.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. is situated 720 metres southeast of Kōdai-ji.

Buddhist temple
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The is a war memorial commemorating the dead of the located in Eastern . The concrete and steel statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara was built by Hirosuke Ishikawa and unveiled on 8 June 1955.

Museum
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is situated 150 metres west of Kōdai-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in . is situated 3 km southwest of Kōdai-ji.

Kōdai-ji

Latitude
35.00032° or 35° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
135.78135° or 135° 46′ 53″ east
Inception
1606
Open location code
8Q7Q2Q2J+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 759391880
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2702064
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Kōdai-ji” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կոդայ ձի”
  • Burmese: “ခိုးဒိုင်းဂျိ”
  • Chinese: “高台寺”
  • Dutch: “Kōdai-ji”
  • French: “Jūbuzan Kōdai-ji”
  • French: “Kōdai-ji”
  • French: “temple du maki-e”
  • French: “temple Kōdai”
  • French: “Temple Kōdai”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Kōdai-ji”
  • Italian: “Kodai-ji”
  • Italian: “Kōdai-ji”
  • Japanese: “Kōdai-ji”
  • Japanese: “こうだいじ”
  • Japanese: “高台寺”
  • Persian: “کودای-جی”
  • Russian: “Кодай-дзи”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Teampall Kodaiji”
  • Spanish: “Kōdai-ji”
  • Tamil: “கோடெய் ஜீ”
  • Thai: “โคไดจิ”
  • Turkish: “Kōdai-ji”
  • Vietnamese: “Kōdai-ji”
  • Wu Chinese: “高台寺（京都市）”
  • Wu Chinese: “高台寺”

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Highlights include Kōdai-ji Bamboo Forest and Main Hall.

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