Sado Kokubun-ji
The Sado Kokubun-ji is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple located in the city of Sado, Niigata, Japan. Its honzon is Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the successor to the Nara period kokubunji National Temples established by Emperor Shōmu for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the imperial rule to the provinces.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Shingon Shu
- Description: temple in Sado, Niigata
- Also known as: “Sado Kokubun-ji Temple”
- Address: 国分寺, 佐渡市, 新潟県
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Myōsen-ji Temple and Art and Natural History Museum of Sado.
Myōsen-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Art and Natural History Museum of Sado
Museum
Sado Kokubun-ji
- Categories: provincial temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sado, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.96692° or 37° 58′ 1″ north
Longitude
138.36848° or 138° 22′ 7″ east
Inception
8th century
Open location code
8Q9WX989+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=shingon_shu
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Sado Kokubun-ji” goes by many names.
- French: “Sado Kokubun-ji”
- French: “temple Kokubun de Sado”
- French: “Temple Kokubun de Sado”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Sado Kokubun-ji”
- Japanese: “Sado-kokubun-ji”
- Japanese: “さどこくぶんじ”
- Japanese: “佐渡国分寺”
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Highlights include Main Hall and 瑠璃堂.
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