Best Temples Spot List

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

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

The fierce-eyed Fudo Myo-o (Acala) statue, this Buddhist temple's main object of worship, is really astounding. The backdrop of beautiful red maple leaves is also impressive.

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

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

A soaring five-story pagoda at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa with magnificent nighttime illumination.

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

It is the Buddhist temple which is said to be the origin of maneki-neko or a luck-inviting cat figurine, beckoning with its right front paw. In its temple grounds, a number of historical assets still remain.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

This is an old temple that is said to have been built in the Kamakura period (1192 to 1333). During the Edo period (1603 to 1868), it became known for the tomi-kuji lottery and was called Edo-santomi (three shrines selling lotteries).

The main gate of Sensoji Temple. Its huge, impressive paper lantern with ”Kaminarimon” written in kanji is a landmark of Asakusa.

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

Surrounded by nature and visited by many people, Bentendo Temple rises from the center of Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park.

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

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

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds

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