Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in Hyogo Prefecture
Explore 22 sacred places in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in Hyogo Prefecture
Site types in Hyogo Prefecture
Showing 1-22 of 22 sites in this regional guide
Bodai-ji
Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Bodai-ji is station bangai-bodai-ji on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kazan-in branch temple in Hyogo dedicated to Kannon....
Engyō-ji
Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Engyo-ji is station 27 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Gaya-in
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gaya-in, formally Ōtanizan Daikei-ji Gaya-in, is one of Hyōgo's most important Honzan Shugendō temples — a Tendai-affiliated branch of mountain ascetic Buddhism....
Ichijō-ji
Kasai, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Ichijo-ji is station 26 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Shō Kannon....
Ikaruga-dera
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Hyōgo Ikaruga-dera in Taishi-chō was founded by Prince Shōtoku in 606 CE on rice-paddy lands granted to him in Harima Province by Empress Suiko....
Ishi-no-Hoden, Himeji
Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Rising from a sacred pool whose waters never dry, Ishi-no-Hoden appears to defy gravity itself....
Izanagi Shinto Shrine, Awaji Island
Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
On Awaji Island—the first land formed in Japanese creation mythology—stands the shrine built over the tomb of the god who created Japan....
Jodo-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gokurakusan Jōdo-ji in Ono shelters two of the only Buddhist National Treasures in Hyōgo: the 1194 Jōdō-dō, a rare survival of Daibutsu-yō architecture, and Kaikei's...
Kagaku-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Banshū Akō Taiunzan Kagaku-ji is the Asano clan's family temple in Akō, founded in 1645 and made permanent home of Akō's memorial culture by the 1701–1703 vendetta of the...
Kakurin-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Totasan Kakurin-ji in Kakogawa shelters two National Treasure halls — a 1112 Taishi-dō and a 1397 Main Hall whose three-style synthesis is rare in Japan....
Kannō-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Kannō-ji stands on the slope of Kabutoyama in Nishinomiya, holding one of Japan's three foremost Nyoirin Kannon images — a Heian-period figure carved by Kūkai in 830 from...
Kiyomizu-dera
Katō, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Banshu Kiyomizu-dera is station 25 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Komyo-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gobusan Kōmyō-ji crowns Mt. Gobusan in Katō, Hyōgo — a Kōyasan Shingon temple traced to 594 CE and holding an Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Kannon as honzon....
Kongojo-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Nagusayama Kongōjō-ji in Fukusaki, Hyōgo, traces its founding to 597 CE under the Korean monk Ekan during Empress Suiko's reign....
Mangan-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Mangan-ji at Kawanishi, Hyōgo, is a Kōyasan Shingon temple founded by imperial decree of Emperor Shōmu in the Nara period....
Nakayama-dera
Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Nakayama-dera is station 24 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism — Nakayama branch temple in Hyogo dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Nofuku-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Nōfuku-ji, founded by Saichō in 805 CE on his return from Tang China, is one of the oldest Tendai temples in the Hyōgo region....
Ruri-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Funakoshi-san Nankōbō Ruri-ji is the FINAL station of the New Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage....
Sakami-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Izumi-shōzan Sagami-ji in Kasai, Hyōgo, was founded by imperial command in 745 after the priest Gyōki received an oracle from Sagami Myōjin, a local kami in the Sumiyoshi...
Suma-dera
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Suma-dera, formally Joya-san Fukushō-ji, is the head temple (daihonzan) of its own Shingon sub-school — the Shingon-shū Sumadera-ha — and the principal site of Heike...
Taisan-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Sanshinzan Taisan-ji in Kobe's Nishi Ward holds a 1293 wooden main hall registered as a National Treasure of Japan — one of only a few such structures in the entire Hyōgo...
Tenjōji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Mayasan Tenjō-ji sits near the summit of Mt. Maya, the Kobe-area mountain named for Mayadevi (Lady Maya, mother of the Buddha) — the temple's distinctive secondary focus...
Key questions
Hyogo Prefecture sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in Hyogo Prefecture?
- This regional guide currently includes 22 sacred sites in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
- Which traditions are represented in Hyogo Prefecture?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Buddhism, Shinto.
- Can I view Hyogo Prefecture sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.