Founder’s Hall

Founder’s Hall is a shrine in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. Founder’s Hall is situated nearby to the tourism office General information centre, as well as near the shrine Amida Hall.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nishi Hongan-ji and Amida Hall.

Nishi Hongan-ji

Buddhist temple

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Nishi Hongan-ji is a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It serves as the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha subsect. It is one of two Jōdo Shinshū temple complexes in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, which is the head temple of the Ōtani-ha subsect.

Amida Hall

Shrine

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Amida Hall is a shrine.

Ryukoku Museum

Museum

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The Ryūkoku Museum is a museum of Buddhist art and history in Kyōto, Japan. Conceived as part of the 370th anniversary celebrations of the foundation of what is now Ryūkoku University, it opened facing Nishi Hongan-ji in 2011. Ryukoku Museum is situated 170 metres east of Founder’s Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Minami.

Central Kyoto

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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Minami

Suburb

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Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.

Nakagyō-ku

Suburb

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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.

Founder’s Hall

Type: Shrine
Also known as: “Goeidō” and “御影堂”
Categories: kaisan-dō, building, historic site, and religion
Location: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.9914° or 34° 59′ 29″ north

Longitude

135.75172° or 135° 45′ 6″ east

Inception

1636

Open location code

8Q6QXQR2+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 99182315

OpenStreetMap feature

building=shrine

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

Wikidata ID

Q107020624

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Founder’s Hall” goes by many names.

French: “Goei-dō”
French: “Pavillon des Fondateurs”
French: “pavillon du fondateur de Nishi-Hongan-ji”
Japanese: “Goei-dō”
Japanese: “ごえどう”
Japanese: “本願寺御影堂”

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