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.

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

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

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

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

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).

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

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

You can experience making a Buddhist rosary using genuine stones, while looking at the graceful garden

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi