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.

Flowers blossom throughout the seasons at this temple, also known as “The Flower Temple”

Don't miss seeing the resting place for Shinsengumi members, Mibu-zuka

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

The main temple of the Shingon Sect of the Daigo School of Buddhism that stretches across Mt. Daigo. Famous for its cherry blossoms, Hideyoshi Toyotomi used to hold spring parties here to enjoy the trees when they are in bloom.

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

A grand temple complex established on Mount Koya some 900 years ago

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds

Hasedera or the Hasedera Temple is an old temple with a view of the ocean and the town of Hase in Kamakura. Various flowers bloom in the garden from season to season. Its principal image of worship is one of the largest wooden statues in Japan.

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

One of Kyoto's most renowned temples, located on the side of Mt. Otowa in the Higishiyama Range. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple has attracted many worshipers for more than 1,000 years. There are many assets designated as an Important Cultural Properties on its vast temple grounds.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees