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.

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

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

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

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

A famous location for autumn leaves, connected to Kukai (Kobo-daishi)

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

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

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

Zojo-ji is one of the seven Daihonzan (head temples) of Jodo-shu Buddhism and contains many designated Cultural Properties. It is also where the souls of the Tokugawa clan are mourned.

Two different windows overlooking a garden

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.

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

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.

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds