Shōkaku-ji

Shōkaku-ji is a Rinzai temple in Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Higashiaburayama. It is also known as Aburayama Kannon. Shōkaku-ji was founded during the Nara period by Seiga, a priest who came from India.

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Type: Religious organization
Description: Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect dedicated to Āryāvalokiteśvara in Jōnan-ku, Japan
Also known as: “Shōkaku-ji Temple” and “油山観音　正覚寺”
Address: 508, 城南区, 福岡市, 福岡県 8140155

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Abura and Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum.

Mount Abura

Peak

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Mount Abura is a 597 m mountain located on the border of Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka and Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Mount Abura is the location where the Indian Buddhist priest Seiga produced the first camellia oil from seeds made in Japan during the Nara period.

Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum

Museum

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Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum opened in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1999. The rotating displays of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics draw from the collection of some four hundred pieces. Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum is situated 3 km north of Shōkaku-ji.

Fukudaimae

Railway stop

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Fukudai-mae Station is a subway station on the Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line in Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. Its station symbol depicts a black kite wearing a student cap, based on Fukuoka University's cheer song "Nanakuma Tonbi". Fukudaimae is situated 2½ km north of Shōkaku-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawara and Minami.

Sawara

Suburb

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Sawara-ku is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyūshū, Japan. Sawara is situated 6 km north of Shōkaku-ji.

Minami

Suburb

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Minami-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km2. As of 2016, the population had increased to 255,000 people with 8,200 per km2. Minami is situated 6 km northeast of Shōkaku-ji.