Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke

Name: Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji
Address: Shimotsuke, Japan

#1 among attractions in Shimotsuke

Temple, Buddhist architecture

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Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji was a Buddhist temple located in what is now the city of Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in western Japan, having been founded in the Asuka period. The temple is now a ruin and an archaeological site and has been designated by the national government as a National Historic Site since 1921. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 36°24'6"N, 139°52'32"E

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Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bandai Museum, Shimotsuke Provincial Capital, Teranohigashi Site, Mibu Castle.

4.9 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Bandai Museum, Mibu
125 min walk • The Omocha no Machi Bandai Museum is a museum devoted to Bandai characters located in Mibu, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan. It opened on July 19, 2003 as the Bandai Museum at Matsudo, Chiba.
5.3 miW
Archaeological site
Shimotsuke Provincial Capital, Tochigi
134 min walk • The Shimotsuke Provincial Capital ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now part of the city of Tochigi, Tochigi prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan.
5.2 miS
Archaeological site
Teranohigashi Site, Yūki
133 min walk • The Teranohigashi Site is a complex archaeological site in the city of Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1995 by the Japanese government.
4.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Mibu Castle, Mibu
114 min walk • Mibu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Mibu, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Mibu Castle was home to a branch of the Torii clan, daimyō of Mibu Domain.
3.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Kawachi District, Kaminokawa
81 min walk • Kawachi is a district located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, the district has an estimated population of 76,471 and a density of 480.35 persons per km². The total area is 159.20 km². The district has one town.
0.8 miW
Universities and schools
Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke
21 min walk • Jichi Medical University is a private university in Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, established in 1972. In 2008 the Gates Foundation awarded $100,000 to Hiroyuki Matsuoka, a medical researcher at the university, to do research on flying syringes.
5.9 miS
Shopping centre, Shopping
Ionmoru xiao shan, Oyama
150 min walk • AEON MALL Oyama is an AEON Group shopping center located in Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.