Myōan-ji
Myōan-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. Myōan-ji is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji, and contained within the larger Tōfuku-ji temple complex, located in Higashiyama ward.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Shrine
- Description: Buddhist temple in Japan
- Also known as: “Myōan-ji Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tōfuku-ji and Tōfukuji Station.
Tōfuku-ji
Buddhist temple
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Tōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san. Tōfuku-ji is situated 260 metres southeast of Myōan-ji.
Tōfukuji Station
Railway station
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Tōfukuji Station is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves both the Keihan Main Line and the JR West Nara Line, with passengers able to transfer directly between services. Tōfukuji Station is situated 400 metres northwest of Myōan-ji.
Kyoto 1st Red Cross Hospital
Hospital
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Kyoto 1st Red Cross Hospital is situated 270 metres north of Myōan-ji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogyō-ku.
Central Kyoto
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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.
Minami
Suburb
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Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.
Myōan-ji
- Categories: Buddhist temple, building, and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.97875° or 34° 58′ 44″ northLongitude
135.77318° or 135° 46′ 23″ eastInception
1335Open location code
8Q6QXQHF+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 766621651OpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineWikidata ID
Q18378681
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Turkish—“Myōan-ji” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “မယောအန်းဂျိ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميان جى”
- French: “Myōan-ji”
- French: “temple Myōan”
- French: “Temple Myōan”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Myōan-ji”
- Japanese: “Myōan-ji”
- Japanese: “みょうあんじ”
- Japanese: “明暗寺”
- Turkish: “Myōan-ji”
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