Sennyū-ji Temple
Sennyū-ji, formerly written as Sen-yū-ji, is a Shingon Buddhist temple and head of the Sennyū-ji sect in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan.Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Shingon Shu
- Description: Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as: “Mi-tera”, “Mitera”, and “Sennyū-ji”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raigō-in Temple and Unryū-in.
Unryū-in
Buddhist temple
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Unryū-in is a sub-temple of Sennyū-ji in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1372, it was rebuilt after destruction in the Ōnin War. The Hondō of 1646 is an Important Cultural Property. Unryū-in is situated 140 metres south of Sennyū-ji Temple.
Tōfuku-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 470 metres west of Sennyū-ji Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogawara-chō.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Shimogawara-chō
Neighborhood
Photo: Clemens Vasters, CC BY 2.0.
Shimogawara-chō is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km north of Sennyū-ji Temple.
Shimogyō-ku
Suburb
Photo: BriYYZ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Shimogyō-ku is situated 2½ km northwest of Sennyū-ji Temple.
Sennyū-ji Temple
- Categories: imperial mausoleum, chokugan-ji, Japanese Imperial Facilities, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.97845° or 34° 58′ 42″ northLongitude
135.78024° or 135° 46′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QXQHJ+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 878535619OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=shingon_shuOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1060966
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Wu Chinese—“Sennyū-ji Temple” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဆန်းနယူးဂျိ”
- Catalan: “Sennyu-ji”
- Chinese: “泉涌寺”
- Czech: “Mi-tera”
- Czech: “Mitera”
- Czech: “Sennjú-dži”
- Dutch: “Sennyū-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سينيو جى”
- French: “Sennyū-ji”
- German: “Sennyū-ji”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Sennyū-ji”
- Japanese: “せんにゅうじ”
- Japanese: “御寺”
- Japanese: “東山泉涌寺”
- Japanese: “東山泉涌律寺”
- Japanese: “泉涌寺”
- Japanese: “泉湧寺”
- Korean: “센뉴지”
- Latin: “Sennyū-ji”
- Russian: “Сэнню-дзи”
- Spanish: “Sennyu-ji”
- Turkish: “Sennyū-ji”
- Vietnamese: “chùa Sennyū”
- Wu Chinese: “泉涌寺”
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