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.

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

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

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

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Famous for its connection to Honen and it’s beauty in autumn

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

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

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.

An ancient temple supported by common people

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

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

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

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

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

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden