Best Temples Spot List

The oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known by the Kaminarimon Gate is one of the must-visit places in Tokyo. On Nakamise Street, you can enjoy souvenir shopping and snack-joint hopping.

Shingon Sect Temple in Setagaya, Tokyo. Tamagawa 88 Sacred Sites. Kanto Sacred Site consisting of temples for 33 Bokefuji Kannon Pilgrimage.

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

Occasionally open seasonally for cherry blossom, azalea, and fall leaves viewing

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

The resting place of the Tsugaru family

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

Featuring a wooden statue of a historical Shogun from the Ashikaga period

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu