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.

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

Famous for its early blossoming cherry trees, which signify the coming of spring

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

This is a temple erected at the wish of Keishoin, the real mother of Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa. The main hall, remaining in its original state from the Genroku period, has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).

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

A soto-zen Buddhist temple, better known as Toyokawa Inari, which had been worshiped by both the mighty warriors of each era and common people of Edo-Tokyo. You can make a pilgrimage to the seven lucky gods and enjoy viewing lit paper lanterns.

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.