Daikaku-ji
Area: Kyoto
This temple remains aristocratic palace style with the oldest Japanese garden ponds to survive from the Heian period.
Kan’ei-ji
Area: Tokyo
A temple protected by the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period, Most of the former temple are became Ueno Park, and the current building is located to the north of the park.
Kawasaki daishi
Area: Kanagawa
The temple is well known for its power of Yakuyoke (warding off evil), one of the most popular temple in Kanto area.
Kinkaku-ji (Golden pavillion)
Area: Kyoto
Kyoto’s most popular temple, famous for its Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu-dera
Area: Kyoto
The main hall, which together with the wooden stage 13 meters above the hillside below, was built without the use of nails.
Nihon-ji
Area: Chiba
The temple is located on the acute slopes of Mount Nokogiri having the characteristic sawtoothed with a huge seated carving of Yakushi Nyorai.
Ninna-ji
Area: Kyoto
From the foundation by Emperor Uda in 888 until the end of the Edo period, head priests were succeeded by imperial lineage with famous for unique cherry variety, Omuro Sakura
Senso-ji
Area: Tokyo
The most popular and olded temple in Tokyo with famous shopping street “Nakamise”
Shitenno-ji
Area: Osaka
The temple is regarded as one of the first Buddhist and oldest officially-administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries.
Kotoku-in
Area: Kamakura (Kanagawa)
Famous for the monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha, approximately 13.35 meters tall and 93 tonnes.
Tennou-ji
Area: Tokyo
An old temple located in the north of Yanaka. The former five-story pagoda no longer exists.