Best Temples Spot List

A beautiful temple like the Pure Land itself that illustrates the prosperity of the Fujiwara regency during the late Heian Period.

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

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

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

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

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

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

Classical Zen Buddhist temple with gardens designed by Muso Kokushi. Enjoy the maple trees and seasonal flowers.

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

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.

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten