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Rinnō-ji
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Rinnoji Temple stands as the Buddhist heart of Nikko's sacred landscape, founded in 766 CE by Shodo Shonin....
Rinnō-ji
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Rinnoji Temple stands as the Buddhist heart of Nikko's sacred landscape, founded in 766 CE by Shodo Shonin....
Ishiteji Temple, Matsuyama
Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
At Temple 51 of Japan's most famous pilgrimage, a stone preserved for twelve centuries tells of sin, remorse, and redemption....
Seigantoji (Seiganto Temple)
Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
High on Mt. Nachi in Wakayama Prefecture, the three-story vermillion pagoda of Seigantoji frames one of the most iconic views in Japan: the 133-meter Nachi Falls cascading...
Rinnō-ji
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Rinnoji Temple stands as the Buddhist heart of Nikko's sacred landscape, founded in 766 CE by Shodo Shonin....
Daihonzan Eiheiji (Eihei Temple)
Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Hidden in the cedar forests of Fukui Prefecture, Eiheiji stands as one of the two head temples of Soto Zen Buddhism....
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
On the forested slopes of Mount Otowa in eastern Kyoto, a vast wooden stage juts out over the valley—built without a single nail, supported by pillars of...
Kurama-dera Temple
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Rising 584 meters above Kyoto's northern edge, Mount Kurama has drawn seekers for over twelve centuries....
Kongōchō-ji (金剛頂寺)
Muroto, Muroto, Kōchi, Japan
Kongōchō-ji crowns a wooded promontory on the western side of Cape Muroto, the second of the Muroto Sanzan triad....
Chōkoku-ji (Iiyama Kannon)
Atsugi, Japan
Iiyama Kannon — the local name for Chōkoku-ji on the slopes of Mount Hakusan in Atsugi — has drawn pilgrims for some thirteen centuries....
Nariai-ji (成相寺)
Miyazu, Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan
Nariai-ji is station 28 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Hashidate Shingon-shū temple in Kyoto dedicated to Shō Kannon....
Dōryū-ji (道隆寺)
Tadotsu, Tadotsu, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 77 Dōryū-ji in Tadotsu is known on the Shikoku route as the Eye-Healing Yakushi (me-naoshi Yakushi)....
Chōmei-ji (長命寺)
Ōmihachiman, Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Japan
Chōmei-ji is station 31 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon Jūichimen Kannon Shō Kannon....
Sanuki Kokubun-ji (讃岐国分寺)
Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 80 Sanuki Kokubun-ji in Takamatsu is the working successor to one of the eighth-century kokubunji — the provincial protection-temples ordered by Emperor Shōmu in...
An'yō-in (安養院)
Kamakura, Japan
An'yō-in is the third station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — a small Jōdo-shū temple in Kamakura founded as Hōjō Masako's grief-prayer for her husband Minamoto no Yoritomo,...
Imakumano Kannon-ji (今熊野観音寺)
Higashiyama-ku, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Imakumano Kannon-ji is station 15 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kumano cult temple in Kyoto dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
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Iwaya-ji [ja] (岩屋寺)
Kumakōgen, Kumakōgen, Ehime, Japan
Iwaya-ji is the forty-fifth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and a designated National Scenic Beauty....
Fujii-dera (藤井寺)
Yoshinogawa, Yoshinogawa, Tokushima, Japan
Fujii-dera sits at the foot of a steep mountain ridge in Yoshinogawa, the threshold temple before the most demanding stretch of the Shikoku 88....
Hanta-ji (繁多寺)
Matsuyama, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Temple 50 of the Shikoku henro stands on a wooded hillside above southern Matsuyama, its Yakushi Nyorai principal image attributed by tradition to the wandering monk Gyōki....
Senyū-ji (仙遊寺)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Senyū-ji crowns Mt. Sakurei south of Imabari, the 58th temple of the Shikoku 88....
Sugimoto-dera (杉本寺)
Kamakura, Japan
Sugimoto-dera is the first station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — Kamakura's oldest Buddhist temple, where three Eleven-Headed Kannon statues from successive Heian centuries...
Onzan-ji (恩山寺)
Komatsushima, Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Onzan-ji, Temple 18 of the Shikoku 88, is the 'Temple of Gratitude.' It stands at the place where Kūkai's mother, Tamayori Gozen, became one of the first women admitted to...
Negoro-ji (根香寺)
Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Negoro-ji stands at 365 metres on the slopes of Mt. Aomine, deep in the cedar forest of the Goshikidai plateau....
Rokuharamitsu-ji (六波羅蜜寺)
Higashiyama-ku, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Rokuharamitsu-ji is station 17 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kūya nembutsu temple in Kyoto dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Nagao-ji (長尾寺)
Sanuki, Sanuki, Kagawa, Japan
Nagao-ji is the eighty-seventh of the eighty-eight Shikoku temples — the second-to-last, set in the open Nagao district of Sanuki under an enormous camphor canopy....
Tanema-ji (種間寺)
Haruno, Haruno, Kōchi, Japan
The thirty-fourth temple of the Shikoku 88 sits among rice paddies in Haruno, Kōchi....
Shōfuku-ji (勝福寺)
Odawara, Japan
Shōfuku-ji — popularly known as Iizumi Kannon — is the fifth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho and one of the most active Shingon Kannon temples in Kanagawa....
Mandara-ji (曼荼羅寺)
Zentsūji, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Mandara-ji is the ancestral temple of the Saeki clan, into which Kūkai was born....
Kanjizai-ji (観自在寺)
Ainan, Ainan, Ehime, Japan
Kanjizai-ji is the fortieth stop on the Shikoku 88 — the first temple of the Ehime (Iyo) section, marking the pilgrim's transition from Tosa's discipline of asceticism...
Iyadani-ji (弥谷寺)
Mitoyo, Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan
Iyadani-ji is one of three reizan — spirit mountains — of Shikoku, places where the souls of the dead are traditionally felt to gather....
Mii-dera (三井寺)
Otsu, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Mii-dera is station 14 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Saigoku Kannon devotion temple in Shiga dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺)
Naruto, Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
Gokuraku-ji is Temple 2 of the Shikoku 88, sitting 1.4 km southwest of Temple 1 in Naruto....
Yasaka-ji (八坂寺)
Matsuyama, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Yasaka-ji is the forty-seventh temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and one of its most layered....
Jikō-ji (慈光寺)
Tokigawa, Japan
Jikō-ji on Mount Toki, founded in tradition in 673 and as an institution in 770 CE, is one of the oldest Tendai mountain temples in the Kantō....
Shusshakaji (出釈迦寺)
Zentsūji, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 73 Shusshakaji sits at the foot of Mt Gahaishi in Zentsūji City, Kagawa. The legend here is intimate: a seven-year-old boy named Mao — later Kūkai — leapt from a...
Anraku-ji (安楽寺)
Kamiita, Kamiita, Tokushima, Japan
Anraku-ji is Temple 6 of the Shikoku 88, in Kamiita, Tokushima. Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing, presides here, and Anraku-ji is the only fudasho with its own onsen....
Kannon-ji (観音寺)
Kan'onji, Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan
Kannon-ji shares its precinct on Mt. Kotohiki with Jinne-in at Temple 68, but the two temples have separate histories and separate identities....
Gōshō-ji (郷照寺)
Utazu, Utazu, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 78 Gōshō-ji rises above the old port of Utazu on a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea....
Hōrin-ji (法輪寺)
Awa, Awa, Tokushima, Japan
Hōrin-ji is the only temple among the Shikoku 88 whose principal image is a Parinirvana Shaka Nyorai—Shakyamuni at the threshold of nirvana, lying on his side....
Jūraku-ji (十楽寺)
Awa, Awa, Tokushima, Japan
Jūraku-ji is Temple 7 of the Shikoku 88, in Awa, Tokushima. The 'Temple of Ten Joys' offers two specialized intercessions: an eye-healing Jizō beside the Hondō and a row...
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺)
Higashiyama-ku, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Kiyomizu-dera is station 16 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Kita-Hossō Buddhism, Saigoku Kannon devotion temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Hōju-ji (宝寿寺)
Saijō, Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Hōju-ji is the 62nd fudasho on the Shikoku 88, an 8th-century imperial foundation that has been moved at least four times—by flood, war, Meiji separation, and the...
Ichinomiya-ji (一宮寺)
Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Ichinomiya-ji is the eighty-third temple of the Shikoku circuit and the only one historically tied to a province's principal Shinto shrine....
Chikurin-ji (竹林寺)
Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Chikurin-ji crowns Mt. Godaisan above Kōchi City — a Japanese Mañjuśrī mountain modelled on China's Mt....
Enmyō-ji (圓明寺)
Matsuyama, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Temple 53 of the Shikoku henro is small, layered, and unusually plural. Its Shingon Hondō houses an Amida Nyorai principal image — uncommon for the school....
Nan'endō (Kofuku-ji) (南円堂)
Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan
Nan'endō (Kōfuku-ji) is station 9 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Hossō school temple in Nara dedicated to Fukūkenjaku Kannon....
Kami Daigo-ji (醍醐寺)
Fushimi-ku, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Kami Daigo-ji is station 11 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Daigo-ha temple in Kyoto dedicated to Juntei Kannon....
Ryōzen-ji (霊山寺)
Naruto, Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
Ryōzen-ji is Temple 1 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage in Naruto, Tokushima. Pilgrims begin their 1,200-kilometer circuit here, buying white robes, conical hats, and...
Ōya-ji (大谷寺)
Utsunomiya, Japan
Ōya-ji, station 19 of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, sits inside a natural rock-shelter overhang of Ōya tuff in Utsunomiya....
Shinshō-ji (津照寺)
Muroto, Muroto, Kōchi, Japan
Shinshō-ji rises directly above the working harbour of Murotsu, reached by a steep stone staircase that climbs through a Niōmon gate set unusually mid-flight....
Zenjibu-ji (禅師峰寺)
Nankoku, Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan
Zenjibu-ji rests on the cliff-edge of Hachiyō-san — Eight-Petalled Lotus Mountain — above Urado Bay....
Hase-dera (長谷寺)
Sakurai, Sakurai, Nara, Japan
Hase-dera is station 8 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Buzan-ha temple in Nara dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Meiseki-ji (明石寺)
Seiyo, Seiyo, Ehime, Japan
Meiseki-ji is the forty-third temple of the Shikoku 88 and one of the few stops not affiliated with Shingon....
Sankaku-ji (三角寺)
Shikokuchūō, Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan
Sankaku-ji sits at roughly 450 metres above the industrial coast of Shikokuchūō, the sixty-fifth temple of the Shikoku 88 and the last of twenty-six temples in Ehime....
Bodai-ji (菩提寺)
Sanda, Sanda, Hyōgo, 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....
Anraku-ji (安楽寺)
Yoshimi, Japan
Anraku-ji, the Yoshimi Kannon, is the eleventh station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage....
Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō) (行願寺)
Nakagyo-ku, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō) is station 19 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Miyako Shichifukujin temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Kakurin-ji (鶴林寺)
Katsuura, Katsuura, Tokushima, Japan
Kakurin-ji, Temple 20 of the Shikoku 88, sits high on Mount Washinō in Katsuura....
Kōon-ji (香園寺)
Saijō, Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Kōon-ji is the 61st fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the head temple of the Shingon-shū Goki-ha sub-school....
Kichijō-ji (吉祥寺)
Saijō, Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Kichijō-ji is the 63rd fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the only temple on the route whose principal image is Bishamonten—Buddhist guardian-king of the north and one of the...
Ishite-ji (石手寺)
Matsuyama, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Temple 51 of the Shikoku henro is the legendary birthplace of the entire pilgrimage tradition....
Mizusawa-dera (水澤寺)
Shibukawa, Japan
Mizusawa-dera, the sixteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho Kannon pilgrimage, sits on the wooded slopes below Ikaho Onsen....
Tairyū-ji (太龍寺)
Anan, Anan, Tokushima, Japan
Tairyū-ji, Temple 21 of the Shikoku 88, is one of the few sites Kūkai names in his own writings as the place of his decisive ascetic practice....
Enmei-ji (延命寺)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Temple 54 of the Shikoku henro is the first of six temples clustered around Imabari....
Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺)
Nagahama, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
Hogon-ji is station 30 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Buzan-ha, Benzaiten devotion temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Awa Kokubun-ji (阿波国分寺)
Tokushima, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Awa Kokubun-ji is the official kokubunji—provincial Buddhist temple—of Awa Province, founded by imperial edict of Emperor Shōmu in 741 to pray for the welfare of the...
Kōmyō-ji (光明寺)
Hiratsuka, Japan
Kōmyō-ji at Mount Kaname — known to villagers and mothers as Kaname Kannon — preserves a Sacred Kannon said to have been found in the sea by an ama diver in 702 CE....
Chōkoku-ji (Shiraiwa Kannon)
Takasaki, Japan
Chōkoku-ji at Shiraiwa, the Shiraiwa Kannon, is the fifteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and one of the few remaining Shugendō-affiliated temples on the...
Gumyō-ji (弘明寺)
Yokohama, Japan
Gumyō-ji, the Gumyōji Kannon, is the fourteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and Yokohama's oldest temple....
Yakuri-ji (八栗寺)
Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Yakuri-ji clings to the western slope of Mt. Goken at 375 metres, the eighty-fifth temple of the Shikoku circuit....
Kiyotaki-ji (清滝寺)
Tosa, Tosa, Kōchi, Japan
Kiyotaki-ji is the thirty-fifth stop on the Shikoku 88, set on a hillside in Tosa City above terraced citrus groves at 137 meters....
Yoshimine-dera (善峯寺)
Nishikyo-ku, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Yoshimine-dera is station 20 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Kegon-ji (華厳寺)
Ibigawa, Ibigawa, Gifu, Japan
Kegon-ji is station 33 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Gifu dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Sensō-ji (浅草寺)
Asakusa, Japan
Sensō-ji, the Asakusa Kannon, is the thirteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and Tokyo's oldest temple....
Kirihata-ji (切幡寺)
Awa, Awa, Tokushima, Japan
Kirihata-ji rises 155 metres above the Yoshino plain on the slope of Mt. Kirihata....
Ryuukou-ji (竜光寺)
Uwajima, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Ryūkō-ji is the forty-first temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and one of its most visible cases of shinbutsu-shūgō, the older Japanese practice of holding kami and Buddha...
Unpen-ji (雲辺寺)
Miyoshi, Miyoshi, Tokushima, Japan
Unpen-ji sits at 927 metres on the ridge between Tokushima and Kagawa, the highest temple of the Shikoku 88 and the gateway to the Nirvana stage of the pilgrimage....
Ganden-ji (岩殿寺)
Zushi, Japan
Ganden-ji — locally known as Iwadono Kannon — is the second station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, set on a hilltop above Zushi....
Nakayama-dera (中山寺)
Takarazuka, Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Nakayama-dera is station 24 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism — Nakayama branch temple in Hyogo dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Chūzen-ji ((日光山))
Nikkō, Japan
Chūzen-ji, station 18 of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, sits on the eastern shore of Lake Chūzenji at 1,269 meters, beneath sacred Mount Nantai....
Hōki-in (法起院)
Sakurai, Sakurai, Nara, Japan
Hōki-in is station bangai-hoki-in on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Buzan branch temple in Nara dedicated to Kannon....
Tosa Kokubun-ji (土佐国分寺)
Nankoku, Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan
Tosa Kokubun-ji holds dual identity: imperial provincial temple of ancient Tosa Province and Temple 29 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage....
Kannon-ji (観音寺)
Tokushima, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Kannon-ji sits in a quiet residential street in Tokushima City, where the bell tower gate marks an unexpected threshold from ordinary domestic life into a small sacred...
Dainichi-ji (大日寺)
Kōnan, Kōnan, Kōchi, Japan
Dainichi-ji enshrines Dainichi Nyorai, the cosmic Buddha at the centre of Shingon doctrine, in a wooded precinct in rural Kōnan....
Kōnomine-ji (神峰寺)
Yasuda, Yasuda, Kōchi, Japan
Kōnomine-ji rests at 450 metres on Mt. Konomine, often described as the most physically demanding station on the Tosa stretch....
Zentsū-ji (善通寺)
Zentsūji, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 75 Zentsū-ji stands on the ground where Kūkai was born in 774. Founded by him in 807 on his return from Tang China, it is the head temple of the Zentsuji-ha school...
Matsunoo-dera (松尾寺)
Maizuru, Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan
Matsunoo-dera is station 29 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Daigo-ha temple in Kyoto dedicated to Batō Kannon....
Anao-ji (穴太寺)
Kameoka, Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
Anao-ji is station 21 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Shō Kannon....
Minamihokke-ji (Tsubosaka-dera) (南法華寺)
Takatori, Takatori, Nara, Japan
Minamihokke-ji (Tsubosaka-dera) is station 6 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism — Tsubosaka temple in Nara dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Tatsue-ji (立江寺)
Komatsushima, Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Tatsue-ji is the Sōsekisho, the chief barrier temple of the Shikoku 88. Folk belief holds that pilgrims of unresolved sin or insincere intent cannot pass beyond this gate....
Shōsan-ji (焼山寺)
Kamiyama, Kamiyama, Tokushima, Japan
Shōsan-ji stands at 706 metres on Mt. Shōsan-ji in Kamiyama, the second-highest temple of the Shikoku 88 and the first nansho or 'difficult place' on the route....
Enkōji (延光寺)
Sukumo, Sukumo, Kōchi, Japan
Enkō-ji is the thirty-ninth and final temple of the Tosa (Kōchi) section of the Shikoku 88, set in Sukumo....
Kokawa-dera (粉河寺)
Kinokawa, Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan
Kokawa-dera is station 3 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism — Tendai-Kokawa-ha, Katsuragi Shugendō tradition temple in Wakayama dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Jizō-ji (地蔵寺)
Itano, Itano, Tokushima, Japan
Jizō-ji is Temple 5 of the Shikoku 88, in Itano, Tokushima. Within the principal Enmei Jizō image is a smaller Shōgun Jizō said to be carved by Kūkai....
Taisan-ji (泰山寺)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Temple 56 of the Shikoku henro is one of the few personally founded by Kūkai. In 815 he led local villagers in flood-control work along the Sosha River, performed the...
Ishiyama-dera (石山寺)
Otsu, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Ishiyama-dera is station 13 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Heian aristocratic Kannon devotion temple in Shiga dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Hotsumisaki-ji (最御崎寺)
Muroto, Muroto, Kōchi, Japan
Hotsumisaki-ji, Temple 24 of the Shikoku 88, sits on the cliffs of Cape Muroto. Below, in the Mikurodō Cave, the young Kūkai is said to have completed the Kokūzō...
Iyo Kokubun-ji (伊予国分寺)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Iyo Kokubun-ji is the 59th fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and one of the original kokubunji established in 741 by Emperor Shōmu's edict to protect the realm....
Fujii-dera (葛井寺)
Fujiidera, Fujiidera, Osaka, 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....
Motoyama-ji (本山寺)
Mitoyo, Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan
Motoyama-ji rises from the Mitoyo plain in Kagawa, its vermillion five-storied pagoda visible across rice fields....
Ichijō-ji (一乗寺)
Kasai, Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan
Ichijo-ji is station 26 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Shō Kannon....
Zenrakuji (善楽寺)
Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Zenrakuji stands beside Tosa Shrine, the province's first-ranked Shintō shrine, on ground that originally hosted a syncretic kami-Buddha precinct founded by Kūkai....
Mangan-ji (満願寺)
Tochigi, Japan
Izurusan Mangan-ji, station 17 of the Bandō Kannon pilgrimage, sits in a karst valley north of Tochigi City....
Maegami-ji (前神寺)
Saijō, Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Maegami-ji is the 64th fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the principal Buddhist anchor of the Mt. Ishizuchi sacred-mountain cult....
Jōdo-ji (浄土寺)
Matsuyama, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Temple 49 of the Shikoku henro stands in low hills south of Matsuyama, weathered and quiet beside its busier neighbours....
Dainichi-ji (大日寺)
Tokushima, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Dainichi-ji stands directly across the road from Awa Ichinomiya Shrine, the highest-ranked Shintō shrine of Awa Province....
Engyō-ji (圓教寺)
Himeji, Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
Engyo-ji is station 27 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Butsumoku-ji (佛木寺)
Uwajima, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Butsumoku-ji is the forty-second temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and one of its most distinctive: a Shingon temple where the principal image was carved from a camphor...
Kōyama-ji (甲山寺)
Zentsūji, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 74 Kōyama-ji stands at the foot of Mt Kōyama in Zentsūji City, where Kūkai is said to have prayed for the success of the Mannoike reservoir repair in 821 — a...
Nankōbō (南光坊)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Temple 55 of the Shikoku henro is the only one of the 88 whose name ends in 'bō' — priest's lodging — a vestige of its origin as a sub-temple of the great Bekku Ōyamazumi...
Shiromine-ji (白峯寺)
Sakaide, Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan
Shiromine-ji sits at 280 metres on a forested ridge of the Goshikidai plateau in Kagawa, the eighty-first temple of the Shikoku circuit....
Ōkubo-ji (大窪寺)
Sanuki, Sanuki, Kagawa, Japan
Ōkubo-ji is the eighty-eighth and final temple of the Shikoku circuit, set in a deep valley at 450 metres between Mt. Yahazu and Mt. Nyotai near the Tokushima border....
Eifuku-ji (栄福寺)
Imabari, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Eifuku-ji sits in a quiet bamboo and cedar grove on a low hill above Imabari, the 57th stop on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage....
Shōkoku-ji (星谷寺)
Zama, Japan
Shōkoku-ji at Mount Myōhō — known for over a millennium as Hoshi-no-ya Kannon, the Valley of Stars Kannon — gathers folk-mystical phenomena around a Sacred Kannon honzon....
Shōryū-ji (青竜寺)
Tosa, Tosa, Kōchi, Japan
Shōryū-ji is the thirty-sixth stop on the Shikoku 88, set on the Yokonami Peninsula above Uranouchi Bay in Tosa City....
Shōbō-ji (正法寺)
Higashimatsuyama, Japan
Shōbō-ji on Mount Iwadono, known for thirteen centuries as Iwadono Kannon, began as a single rock-cave hermitage where the shugendō ascetic Itsumi enshrined a Senju Kannon...
Gankei-ji (元慶寺)
Kyoto City, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
Gankei-ji is station bangai-gankei-ji on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Kannon....
Kannonshō-ji (観音正寺)
Ōmihachiman, Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Japan
Kannonshō-ji is station 32 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Konzō-ji (金倉寺)
Zentsūji, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Temple 76 Konzō-ji is the birthplace of Chishō Daishi Enchin (814–891), founder of the Tendai Jimon school and fifth abbot of Enryaku-ji on Mt Hiei....
Yokomine-ji (横峰寺)
Saijō, Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Yokomine-ji clings to the northern slope of Mt. Ishizuchi, the highest peak in western Japan, at roughly 750 m elevation....
Key questions
Temple sacred sites in Japan questions
- What Temple sacred sites in Japan are included?
- This guide includes 149 Temple sacred sites in Japan, filtered from the Pilgrim Map atlas for stronger browsing and planning context.
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