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On this page, I compile a list of famous and popular spots in Japan, such as shrines, temples, castles, palaces, and museums.
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Category	Name	Pic link	Area	Address	Short comment
Temple	Senso-ji		Tokyo	2 Chome-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032	The most popular and olded temple in Tokyo with famous shopping street "Nakamise"
Temple	Kan'ei-ji		Tokyo	1 Chome-14-11 Uenosakuragi, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0002	A temple protected by the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period
Temple	Tennou-ji		Tokyo	7 Chome-14-8 Yanaka, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0001	An old temple located in the north of Yanaka. The former five-story pagoda no longer exists.
Temple	Kinkaku-ji		Kyoto	1 Kinkakuji-chō, Kita-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture	Kyoto's most popular temple, famous for its Golden Pavilion
Museum	Edo-Tokyo Museum		Tokyo	1 Chome-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0015	The museum uses models and other materials to display the lives of people in Edo and Tokyo from the Edo period to the early modern period. However, the museum is currently closed for renovation until 2025.
Temple	Daikaku-ji		Kyoto	4 Sagaosawacho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, 616-8411	This temple remains aristocratic palace style with the oldest Japanese garden ponds to survive from the Heian period.
Temple	Kawasaki daishi		Kanagawa	4-48 Daishimachi, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-8521	The temple is well known for its power of Yakuyoke (warding off evil), one of the most popular temple in Kanto area.
Temple	Kiyomizu-dera		Kyoto	1 Chome-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0862	The main hall, which together with the wooden stage 13 meters above the hillside below, was built without the use of nails.
Temple	Nihon-ji		Chiba	184 Motona, Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba 299-2100	The temple is located on the acute slopes of Mount Nokogiri having the characteristic sawtoothed with a huge seated carving of Yakushi Nyorai.
Temple	Ninna-ji		Kyoto	33 Omuroouchi, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, 616-8092	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
Temple	Shitenno-ji		Osaka	1 Chome-11-18 Shitennoji, Tennoji Ward, Osaka, 543-0051	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.
Temple	Kotoku-in		Kanagawa	4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016	Famous for the monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha, approximately 13.35 meters tall and 93 tonnes.
Museum	Taro Okamoto Museum		Tokyo	6 Chome-1-19 Minamiaoyama, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0062	Taro Okamoto is famous artists abstract and avant-garde, one of his most famous works, Tower of the Sun, became the symbol of Expo '70 in Osaka, 1970.
Museum	Ota Memorial Museum of Art		Tokyo	1 Chome-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001	The museum was founded based on the ukiyo-e collection of late Seizō Ota, in order to show widely its collection to public.
Museum	Tokyo National Museum		Tokyo	13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712	The museum plays a comprehensive collection of art works and antiquities from Japan as well as other Asian countries.
Castle/Palace	Imperial palace (Former Edo castle)		Tokyo	1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111	Edo Castle, where the Tokugawa Shogunate once lived, after Emperor Meiji moved from Kyoto during the Meiji Restoration, and has since become the Imperial Palace.
Castle/Palace	Imperial palace Kyoto		Kyoto	In Kyotogyoen, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, 602-0811	It was the residence of the Imperial family in Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, from the end of the 8th century to the mid-19th century.
Castle/Palace	Nijo Castle		Kyoto	541 Nijojocho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8301	This castle was built in Kyoto to maintain good relations between the Shogun who lived in Edo and the Emperor who lived in Kyoto, and played an important role at a turning point in history.
Castle/Palace	Odawara castle		Kanagawa	Jonai, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0014	Odawara Castle was located at important place at the edge of Kanto plain with very strong defenses, surrounded by moats with banks, walls and cliffs located all around the castle.
Shrine	Atago shrine		Tokyo	1 Chome-5-3 Atago, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0002	Famous of acute stone steps and natural highest place at 23 Tokyo metropolitan city) for preventing Edo city from fire, when Edo shogunate started in Edo.
Shrine	Sannou Hie shrine		Tokyo	2 Chome-10-5 Nagatacho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014	The shrine was built same time of Edo castle. 1st shougunate Ieyasu became a patron of the Hie Shrine and worshipped the deity as the protector of Edo.
Shrine	Meiji shrine		Tokyo	1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 151-8557	The most popular shrine in Japan with vast artificial forest donated from all over the Japan which planted 100 years to surrounding the shrine buildings enshrined Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken.
Shrine	Sumiyoshi Taisya		Osaka	2 Chome-9-89 Sumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, 558-0045	The shrine established in 211 by empress-regent Jingu, dedicated to three gods of the sea, main buildings are designated a national treasure, the oldest example of shinto architecture.
Shrine	Yushima Tenmangu		Tokyo	3 Chome-30-1 Yushima, Bunkyo City, Tokyo 113-0034	The shrine enshrine Sugawara Michizane, a historical figure, a famous scholar, poet and politician as know as deity of scholarship and learning. Many students visit this shrine to express their reverence to the enshrined spirit.