Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in Osaka Prefecture
Explore 17 sacred places in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in Osaka Prefecture
Site types in Osaka Prefecture
Showing 1-17 of 17 sites in this regional guide
Anko-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Ankō-ji is an independent Tendai temple founded in 775 CE by Prince Kaisei on a wooded hillside north of Takatsuki....
Eifuku-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Eifuku-ji at Taishi-chō, Osaka, guards the tomb of Prince Shōtoku — Japan's foundational royal patron of Buddhism — alongside his mother and consort in a single circular...
Fujii-dera
Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Fujii-dera is station 5 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Omuro-ha temple in Osaka dedicated to Senju Kannon. Founded in the early 8th century....
Kabusan-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kabusan-ji is a Tendai mountain temple in the hills north of Takatsuki, traditionally founded by En no Gyōja in 697 CE and held to be the place where Bishamonten was first...
Kakuman-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kakuman-ji is one of the few Tendai Shinsei-shū temples outside the school's Sakamoto heartland near Mount Hiei....
Kanshin-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kanshin-ji holds one of the rare Japanese pairings where both the main hall and its principal image are National Treasures: the Heian-period Kondō and a seated Nyoirin...
Katsuō-ji
Minoh, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Katsuō-ji is station 23 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Kōyasan Shingon-shū temple in Osaka dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Kiyomizu-dera (Osaka)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Distinct from the famous Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera (and from the temples of the same name in Hyōgo, Chiba, and Shimane), Osaka's Kiyomizu-dera was revived in 1640 by the priest...
Kongo-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Founded by Gyōki on Mount Amano in the Tenpyō era and revived in the late Heian period by the monk Akan, Amano-san Kongō-ji became known as Nyonin Kōya — Women's Kōyasan —...
Mizuma-dera
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Mizuma-dera, popularly called Mizuma Kannon, is among the most actively visited temples in southern Osaka....
Saihoin
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Saihōin is a small Pure Land nunnery in Taishi-chō, founded in 622 CE by three of Prince Shōtoku's nurse-attendants who shaved their heads after his death and built the...
Sefuku-ji
Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Sefuku-ji is station 4 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Katsuragi Shugendō / Mountain ascetic tradition temple in Osaka dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Shitennō-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Shitennō-ji stands at the institutional headwaters of Japanese Buddhism. Founded in 593 CE by Prince Shōtoku after his clan's victory secured Buddhism a place in the new...
Sōji-ji
Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Sōji-ji is station 22 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Kōyasan Shingon-shū temple in Osaka dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Sumiyoshi-taisha
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
When Izanagi purified himself in the sea after his journey to the underworld, three deities emerged from the waters—the Sumiyoshi Sanjin, gods of the sea who have...
Taiyū-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Founded by Kūkai in the early 9th century at the heart of what is now Osaka's Umeda entertainment district, Taiyū-ji is a Kōyasan Shingon temple whose principal Senju...
Tokoin Hagino-tera
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Tōkō-in — known by the affectionate name Hagi-no-tera, Bush Clover Temple — is a Sōtō Zen temple in suburban Toyonaka, Osaka....
Key questions
Osaka Prefecture sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in Osaka Prefecture?
- This regional guide currently includes 17 sacred sites in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
- Which traditions are represented in Osaka Prefecture?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Buddhism, Shinto.
- Can I view Osaka 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.