Best Temples Spot List

Famous for the Great Buddha of Kamakura which weighs 121 tonnes, Kotoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo-shu sect.

One of two Daihonzan (head temples) of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism, with modern buildings in the spacious temple grounds. You can practice Zen meditation here.

A spacious Buddhist temple with buildings of historical and cultural value. Kan'ei-ji is easily accessible to the general public and heartily welcomes visitors.

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

Hozomon Gate houses Nio statues on each side (one called Agyo and the other called Ungyo). The 4.5-meter long giant waraji sandals ward off evil

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

Main priests' residence of Senso-ji complex where the Three Buddha Statues of Amitabha are enshrined. The temple also houses ancestral tablets of Tokugawa Shoguns.

It is a Buddhist temple in Tsukiji. The exterior of the main worship hall is a stone construction in the ancient Indian style, and the interior of the hall is arranged in the traditional Shinshu-sect temple design and layout.

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.

A temple of flowers, with a circuit-style garden

The principal object of worship at Ennoji Temple is Enma Daio. It also enshrines the Ten Judges of Hell. You can experience an ancient view of the afterlife here.

A temple with a living, breathing aesthetic sense of the tea ceremony

Famous for ”The Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans”

An inn within the temple complex

A three-tiered pagoda and world heritage site, 1200 years old

Offer a prayer to Japan's largest Buddha statue in its oldest temple

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

See “Thunder of the Dragon” during special viewings

The Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida’s dazzling dream, a gold space that reflects upon a pond

A tea ceremony sanctuary that started as a gathering of artists