「Shrine/Temple」Tourist Attractions
To-ji Temple
Toji Temple (official name: Kyo-o Gokokuj), is the only existing structure from the Heian-kyo period and is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded two years aft...
Morioka Hachimangu Shrine
Morioka Hachimangu Shrine is located in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, and was founded in 1680 (the 8th year of the Enpo era) by the 29th lord of the Nanbu clan, Shigenobu ...
Zuigan-ji Temple
Zuiganji Temple, founded in 828, is the family temple of the Sengoku warlord Date Masamune. After the temple fell into decline during the Sengoku period, Masamune rebuilt it...
Yaegaki Shrine
Yaegaki Shrine is known as the deity of matchmaking in Izumo, with Susanoo and Inada-hime as the main deities. The mirror pond on the shrine grounds is popular among young w...
Oyamazumi Shrine
Oyamazumi Shrine is the head shrine of all Yamazumi shrines and Mishima shrines across the country, and it is the oldest shrine in Ehime Prefecture. Within the grounds, ther...
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is located in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, and is one of Japan's most prominent temples with a history of over 1,080 years. This temple attracts...
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
Kinkaku-ji, officially known as Rokuon-ji, is a temple located in the northwest of Kyoto City, famous for its distinctive pavilion called the "Golden Pavilion" covered in go...
Hofu Tenman-gu
Bōfu Tenmangū is the first Tenmangū shrine in Japan, founded in 904, dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane. It is one of the three major Tenjin shrines in Japan, alongside Kita...
Shimogamo Shrine (Kamo Mioya Shrine)
Shimogamo Shrine (officially known as Kamo Mioya Shrine) is located in the Sakyo Ward of Kyoto City and is registered as a World Heritage site as part of the "Cultural Asset...
Take-da Shrine
The Takeda Shrine, dedicated to the renowned samurai Takeda Shingen, was established in 1919 at the site of the historic Tsutsujigasaki Castle. This location, which served a...
Kinomiya Shrine
Kinuami Shrine has been revered as a deity of good fortune and auspiciousness for many years, and within its grounds stands the "Great Camphor Tree," a national natural monu...
Saruta Hiko Shrine
Saruta Hiko Shrine is a shrine dedicated to Saruta Hiko no Okami, the deity of "road-opening" in Japanese mythology. Saruta Hiko no Okami guided Ninigi no Mikoto to Takachih...
