2024

KINKAKU-JI - GOLDEN PAVILION

Temple to visit
4.5/5
40 reviews
It is certainly the most famous monument in Japan. It takes its name from ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

TŌDAI-JI

Temple to visit
4.9/5
15 reviews
Located in the north of Nara Park, it is one of the most famous temple ... Read more
 Nara
2024

SANJUSANGEN-DŌ

Temple to visit
4.8/5
5 reviews
Unquestionably one of the most spectacular temples in Kyoto. It is known ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

KIYOMIZU-DERA

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4.4/5
9 reviews
On the slopes of Mount Otowa, the Kiyomizu-dera, is dedicated to the Kannon ... Read more
2024

BYODO-IN

Temple to visit
5/5
2 reviews
The residence of a nobleman, Yorimichi Fujiwara, was converted into a ... Read more
 Uji
2024

TŌ-JI TEMPLE

Temple to visit
5/5
2 reviews
Literally "the Temple of the East", this wonderful Buddhist temple was ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

DAITOKU-JI

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4.8/5
4 reviews
This temple is actually an imposing complex of 22 temples around the ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

SAIHO-JI GARDEN

Temple to visit
5/5
1 review
Also known as Kokedera, this garden was founded in 731 by the monk Gyōki ... Read more
2024

RYŌAN-JI

Parks and gardens
4.1/5
8 reviews
If the Golden and Silver Pavilions are among the most visited and known ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

KŌFUKU-JI

Temple to visit
4.3/5
4 reviews
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful temples in Nara, Kōfuku-ji has been ... Read more
 Nara
2024

SHOREN-IN

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Also known as "Awata Palace", this Buddhist temple was built at the end of ... Read more
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YAKUSHI-JI

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The Yakushi-ji was founded in 690 in Fujiwara-kyō, and dedicated to the ... Read more
 Nara
2024

HOKKI-JI

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Temple built in 745 by the Empress Kōmyō. It became an important ... Read more
 Nara
2024

NINNA-JI

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We find in this temple a palace built for the emperor Kōkō (830-887) and ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

TOFUKU-JI

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Temple of the Rinzai sect, it is one of the five great temples of the city. ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

HORYU-JI

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Located in Ikaruga, about ten kilometers from Nara, and founded in 607 by ... Read more
2024

ROKUHARAMITSU-JI

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This temple was founded in 963 by the itinerant monk Kūya Shōnin ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

MANSHU-IN

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Temple built in 788, it was then moved and rebuilt in its current location ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

NISON-IN

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Temple founded by Emperor Saga in 841 and famous for being the place where ... Read more
 Kyoto
2024

DAIGO-JI

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Temple of the Shingon sect founded in 874 by Shōbō (Daishi Rigen), which ... Read more