Best Temples Spot List

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

The historic, symbolic spot of Namba. Always popular with tourists

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.

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.

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

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

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

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.

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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.

A Zen temple of the Rinzai School built in the scenic area of Arashimaya in Kyoto. It was built by Takauji Ashikaga in memory of the recently deceased Emperor Go-Daigo.

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

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

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

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

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.