Best Temples Spot List

The oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known by the Kaminarimon Gate is one of the must-visit places in Tokyo. On Nakamise Street, you can enjoy souvenir shopping and snack-joint hopping.

Shingon Sect Temple in Setagaya, Tokyo. Tamagawa 88 Sacred Sites. Kanto Sacred Site consisting of temples for 33 Bokefuji Kannon Pilgrimage.

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.

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

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

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

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

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

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.

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

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas