2024
MEIJI-JINGU SHRINE
Tokyo
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
4.7/5
(22 reviews)
Comfortably set in the heart of a magnificent 72-hectare park, it is ...Read more
2024
KINKAKU-JI - GOLDEN PAVILION
Kyoto
Temple to visit
4.5/5
(40 reviews)
It is certainly the most famous monument in Japan. It takes its name from ...Read more
2024
FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA
Kyoto
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
5/5
(23 reviews)
This shrine is one of the epinal images of Japan and Kyoto. Several movie ...Read more
2024
ITSUKUSHIMA-JINJA SHRINE
Miyajima
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
4.9/5
(8 reviews)
Itsukushima-jinja is established on the island of Miyajima, at the foot of ...Read more
2024
TSURUGAOKA HACHIMAN-GU
Kamakura
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
5/5
(4 reviews)
The most important Shinto shrine of Kamakura, it is dedicated to the god ...Read more
2024
ASAKUSA JINJA
Tokyo
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
4.6/5
(8 reviews)
Within the precincts of Sensō-ji temple lies one of the city's best-known ...Read more
2024
KASUGA-TAISHA
Nara
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
5/5
(4 reviews)
When Nara was the country's capital, this shrine was erected to protect the ...Read more
2024
SANJUSANGEN-DŌ
Kyoto
Temple to visit
4.8/5
(5 reviews)
Unquestionably one of the most spectacular temples in Kyoto. It is known ...Read more
2024
KIYOMIZU-DERA
Kyoto
Temple to visit
4.4/5
(9 reviews)
On the slopes of Mount Otowa, the Kiyomizu-dera, is dedicated to the Kannon ...Read more
2024
YASAKA JINJA
Kyoto
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
5/5
(2 reviews)
The shrine is located between the Gion and Higashiyama districts and ...Read more
2024
TENMANGU SHRINE
Dazaifu
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
5/5
(2 reviews)
This bright orange shrine is dedicated to Sugawara-no-Michizane, a poet and ...Read more
2024
GOJUNOTO - FIVE STOREY PAGODA
Miyajima
Religious buildings
5/5
(2 reviews)
This beautiful pagoda was built in 1417. It is 27 meters high. Its ...Read more
2024
TEMPLE DAISHŌ-IN
Miyajima
Religious buildings
5/5
(2 reviews)
The Daishō-in is worth a visit for the opulence of its architecture. It is ...Read more
2024
TŌ-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
5/5
(2 reviews)
Literally "the Temple of the East", this wonderful Buddhist temple was ...Read more
2024
DAITOKU-JI
Kyoto
Temple to visit
4.8/5
(4 reviews)
This temple is actually an imposing complex of 22 temples, all surrounded ...Read more
2024
TOKEI-JI TEMPLE
Kamakura
Temple to visit
5/5
(1 review)
Founded in 1285 by Kakusan, Veuve Tokimune's widow, it is also known as the ...Read more