Seimei High School

Seimei High School is a school building in North Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto. Seimei High School is situated nearby to the park 紫明せせらぎ第五公園, as well as near 紫明せせらぎ第六公園.

Type: School building
Description: Public high school in Kyoto, Japan
Address: 北区, 京都市, 京都府 6038163

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ōtani University Museum and Daitoku-ji.

Ōtani University Museum

Museum

Photo: Hasec, Public domain.

Ōtani University Museum opened in Kyoto, Japan, in 2003. The Ōtani University collection, which relates in particular to Shin Buddhist culture, includes ten Important Cultural Properties. Ōtani University Museum is situated 320 metres east of Seimei High School.

Daitoku-ji

Buddhist temple

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Daitoku-ji is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. Its is Ryūhōzan. The Daitoku-ji temple complex is one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto, covering more than 23 hectares. Daitoku-ji is situated 1 km west of Seimei High School.

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 2 km south of Seimei High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyōto-Gyoen.

Kamigyō-ku

Suburb

Photo: yamai36, CC BY 3.0.

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.