Daishō-ji Temple
Daishō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kamigyō Ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. Daishō-ji Temple is situated nearby to the hospital 室町病院, as well as near the railway station 地下鉄今出川駅 K06.Photo: Woles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kyoto Imperial Palace and Imadegawa Station.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Castle
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1337 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Kyoto Imperial Palace is situated 710 metres southeast of Daishō-ji Temple.
Imadegawa Station
Railway stop
Photo: Ogiyoshisan, CC BY 3.0.
Imadegawa Station is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the closest station to the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Imadegawa Station is situated 170 metres south of Daishō-ji Temple.
Sho-koku-ji temple
Buddhist temple
Shōkoku-ji, formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji, is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras. Sho-koku-ji temple is situated 330 metres northeast of Daishō-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyōto-Gyoen.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.
Kyōto-Gyoen
Neighborhood
Photo: Shinpeiinada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
North Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northern Kyoto is graced with scores of centuries-old shrines and temples, including several World Heritage Sites. One of Kyoto's most famous attractions - the magnificent golden pavilion of Kinkaku-ji - can be found here.
Daishō-ji Temple
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Rinzai school temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kamigyō Ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.03095° or 35° 1′ 51″ northLongitude
135.75885° or 135° 45′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8Q7Q2QJ5+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 871783379OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q17224626
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Turkish—“Daishō-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “大聖寺”
- Korean: “다이쇼지”
- Turkish: “Daishō-ji”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 室町病院 and 地下鉄今出川駅 K06.
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