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Saimyo-ji

Tendai temple in Kora with National Treasures and a scenic garden; Buddhist paintings found on its main hall pillars in 2019 may date to the Asuka period.

Kora · Shiga

Shrine

Tsushima Shrine

Aichi head shrine of about 3,000 Tsushima shrines across Japan, honouring the deities Gozutenno and Susanoo, with legendary origins in the 3rd century BCE.

Tsushima · Aichi

Temple

Banna-ji Temple

This temple, the head of the Dainichi sect, was founded in 1197 on the grounds of the Ashikaga clan residence and is designated a National Historic Site.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

Shrine

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine

Shinto shrine at the northern base of Mount Fuji dating to the 2nd century, serving as the traditional departure point for Mount Fuji pilgrimages.

Fujiyoshida · Yamanashi

Temple

Aizendo Shomanin

Tendai temple in Osaka, first stop on a seventeen-temple pilgrimage honouring Aizen Myo-o, with Osaka's oldest wooden pagoda and a sacred Aizen Katsura tree.

Osaka

Mountain

Mount Takao

Tokyo-area mountain with eight hiking trails and funicular access, drawing 2.5 million annual visitors for autumn foliage and cherry blossoms.

Hachioji · Tokyo

Temple

Daiju-ji

Pure Land Buddhist temple in Okazaki, founded in 1475 by Matsudaira Chikayoshi to honour the war dead, and the ancestral temple of the Tokugawa shoguns.

Okazaki · Aichi

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Rinnoji Temple

Rinnoji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Nikko within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its Sanbutsudo hall and the National Treasure Taiyuin mausoleum.

Nikko · Tochigi

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Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple

A prominent Shingon Buddhist temple renowned for its spiritual power to dispel misfortune and grant various blessings to visitors.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Kongobu-ji (Koyasan)

Mount Koya is a sacred temple complex where the entire mountain is treated as one unified holy domain dedicated to Shingon Esoteric Buddhism.

Koya · Wakayama

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Monmyo-ji Temple

True Pure Land temple in Yatsuo, founded in 1290 atop Maeyama, keeping centuries of Nembutsu practice and Amida Buddha worship in the Honganji tradition.

Toyama

Temple

Saijo Inari

Saijo Inari is a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple and one of Japan's three great Inari sites, preserving a rare form of Shinto-Buddhist syncretic worship.

Okayama

Temple

Jogi Nyorai Saihoji Temple

This Pure Land Buddhist temple in Sendai houses a rare sacred scroll of Amida Buddha that is unveiled only five times each year.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Kimiidera

A 1,250-year-old Buddhist temple in Wakayama that holds the second position on Japan's oldest pilgrimage route dedicated to Kannon worship.

Wakayama

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Hokokuji Temple

Rinzai Zen temple founded in 1334 renowned for its bamboo garden and tea house, housing a Shakyamuni statue and Ashikaga family remains.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Miidera Temple

Head temple of the Tendai Jimon sect, Miidera was founded in the seventh century and has survived repeated destruction, earning the name Phoenix Temple.

Otsu · Shiga

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Saikyo-ji Temple

Saikyo-ji, the head temple of the Tendai Shinsei sect, was founded by Prince Shotoku and reorganized in 1486 as the sect's central training site.

Otsu · Shiga

Temple

"Floating Temple" - Mangetsu-ji

Heian-period temple on Lake Biwa in Otsu, the Floating Temple, built for Amida Butsu and the lake's safety, with an Important Cultural Property statue.

Otsu · Shiga

Temple

Saimyo-ji

Tendai temple in Kora with National Treasures and a scenic garden; Buddhist paintings found on its main hall pillars in 2019 may date to the Asuka period.

Kora · Shiga

Shrine

Tsushima Shrine

Aichi head shrine of about 3,000 Tsushima shrines across Japan, honouring the deities Gozutenno and Susanoo, with legendary origins in the 3rd century BCE.

Tsushima · Aichi

Temple

Banna-ji Temple

This temple, the head of the Dainichi sect, was founded in 1197 on the grounds of the Ashikaga clan residence and is designated a National Historic Site.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

Shrine

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine

Shinto shrine at the northern base of Mount Fuji dating to the 2nd century, serving as the traditional departure point for Mount Fuji pilgrimages.

Fujiyoshida · Yamanashi

Temple

Aizendo Shomanin

Tendai temple in Osaka, first stop on a seventeen-temple pilgrimage honouring Aizen Myo-o, with Osaka's oldest wooden pagoda and a sacred Aizen Katsura tree.

Osaka

Mountain

Mount Takao

Tokyo-area mountain with eight hiking trails and funicular access, drawing 2.5 million annual visitors for autumn foliage and cherry blossoms.

Hachioji · Tokyo

Temple

Daiju-ji

Pure Land Buddhist temple in Okazaki, founded in 1475 by Matsudaira Chikayoshi to honour the war dead, and the ancestral temple of the Tokugawa shoguns.

Okazaki · Aichi

Temple

Rinnoji Temple

Rinnoji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Nikko within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its Sanbutsudo hall and the National Treasure Taiyuin mausoleum.

Nikko · Tochigi

Temple

Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple

A prominent Shingon Buddhist temple renowned for its spiritual power to dispel misfortune and grant various blessings to visitors.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Temple

Kongobu-ji (Koyasan)

Mount Koya is a sacred temple complex where the entire mountain is treated as one unified holy domain dedicated to Shingon Esoteric Buddhism.

Koya · Wakayama

Temple

Monmyo-ji Temple

True Pure Land temple in Yatsuo, founded in 1290 atop Maeyama, keeping centuries of Nembutsu practice and Amida Buddha worship in the Honganji tradition.

Toyama

Temple

Saijo Inari

Saijo Inari is a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple and one of Japan's three great Inari sites, preserving a rare form of Shinto-Buddhist syncretic worship.

Okayama

Temple

Jogi Nyorai Saihoji Temple

This Pure Land Buddhist temple in Sendai houses a rare sacred scroll of Amida Buddha that is unveiled only five times each year.

Sendai · Miyagi

Temple

Kimiidera

A 1,250-year-old Buddhist temple in Wakayama that holds the second position on Japan's oldest pilgrimage route dedicated to Kannon worship.

Wakayama

Temple

Hokokuji Temple

Rinzai Zen temple founded in 1334 renowned for its bamboo garden and tea house, housing a Shakyamuni statue and Ashikaga family remains.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

Temple

Miidera Temple

Head temple of the Tendai Jimon sect, Miidera was founded in the seventh century and has survived repeated destruction, earning the name Phoenix Temple.

Otsu · Shiga

Temple

Saikyo-ji Temple

Saikyo-ji, the head temple of the Tendai Shinsei sect, was founded by Prince Shotoku and reorganized in 1486 as the sect's central training site.

Otsu · Shiga

Temple

"Floating Temple" - Mangetsu-ji

Heian-period temple on Lake Biwa in Otsu, the Floating Temple, built for Amida Butsu and the lake's safety, with an Important Cultural Property statue.

Otsu · Shiga

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