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.

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

The resting place of the Tsugaru family

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

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

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).

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

The graceful standing statue of Gigeiten is a must-see attraction

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

The temple is the oldest one in Kamakura, founded by a high priest called Gyoki. Its principal image of worship is the three figures of eleven-faced Kan'non, and the temple ground is covered with various flowers throughout the seasons.

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

A temple that has existed since the Warring States period and is connected to Nobunaga