Best Temples Spot List

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

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.

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

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 thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

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

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.

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

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

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.

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

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures