Japan

Igusa Hachimangu

Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Igusa Hachimangu (井草八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

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....

Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple

Ota City, Tokyo, Japan

Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple (日蓮宗 大本山 池上本門寺) is an active Nichiren Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....

Imado Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Imado Shrine (今戸神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Imakumano Kannon-ji

Part of Sennyū-ji

Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Imakumano Kannon-ji is station 15 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Kumano cult temple in Kyoto dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....

Imamiya-bō

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Imamiya-bō, fourteenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Nanzen-ji branch on a site that was, for nearly a millennium, a single...

Inasa Beach

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

In Japanese mythology, a god descended from heaven at this beach, thrust his sword into the sand, and demanded that the ruler of the earthly realm cede power to the sun...

Ise Grand Shrine (Ise Jingū)

Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Deep within a sacred forest in Mie Prefecture stands Ise Jingu, the most venerated Shinto shrine in Japan....

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....

Ishibutai Kofun, Asuka

Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan

In the Asuka valley, thirty granite megaliths weighing over 2,200 tons form Japan's largest known ancient burial chamber....

Ishite-ji

Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Temple 51 of the Shikoku henro is the legendary birthplace of the entire pilgrimage tradition....

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....

Ishiyama-dera

Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, 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....

Itsukushima Shrine

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Itsukushima Shrine, stands in Hatsukaichi. At Itsukushima Shrine, Shinto guides custody....

Iwamoto-ji

Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Iwamoto-ji is the thirty-seventh stop on the Shikoku 88 and the only one enshrining five principal images simultaneously — Fudō Myōō, Shō Kannon, Amida Nyorai, Yakushi...

Iwanoue-dō

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Iwanoue-dō is the twentieth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Rinzai Zen hall of the Nanzen-ji branch perched on a bluff above the Arakawa river....

Iwashimizu Hachimangū

Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Hachiman’s protective sanctuary on Mount Otokoyama. Iwashimizu Hachimangū remains an active Shinto shrine....

Iwaya-ji

Kumakōgen, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Iwaya-ji is the forty-fifth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and a designated National Scenic Beauty....

Iyadani-ji

Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Iyadani-ji is one of three reizan — spirit mountains — of Shikoku, places where the souls of the dead are traditionally felt to gather....

Iyo Kokubun-ji

Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, 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....

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....

Izumo Taisha (Izumo Grand Shrine)

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Each October by the lunar calendar, something extraordinary happens in Izumo. While the rest of Japan celebrates Kannazuki, the Month Without Gods, this corner of Shimane...

Jataki Falls (Ja-taki)

Mount Takao, Tokyo, Japan

Ja-taki is a waterfall practice site associated with Takao Yakuō-in in Tokyo's western mountains....

Jigen-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Jigen-ji, thirteenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a Sōtō Zen temple whose name — 'compassionate eyes' — is drawn from a verse of the Kannon Sutra....

Jikō-ji

Tokigawa, Saitama Prefecture, 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....

Jindaiji Temple

Jindaiji Motomachi, Tokyo, Japan

Jindaiji Temple (深大寺) is an active Tendai Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Jingo-ji

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kukai’s teaching memory reached by a demanding climb through Takao. Jingo-ji remains an active Shingon Buddhism temple....

Jinne-in

Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Jinne-in stands on Mt. Kotohiki in Kan'onji, Kagawa, sharing a single precinct with Kannon-ji at Temple 69 — one of the rarest configurations on the Shikoku 88....

Jion-ji

Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Jion-ji is the twelfth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage, founded by tradition in the early ninth century by Ennin and named for Daji'en-si in Tang Chang'an —...

Jishō-ji (Ginkaku-ji)

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Higashiyama culture and Zen restraint across sand, moss, and wooded slope. Jishō-ji (Ginkaku-ji) remains an active Rinzai Zen Buddhism temple....

Jison-in

Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Jison-in (慈尊院) is the temple at Kudoyama traditionally regarded as the lower-world entrance to Koyasan and the starting threshold of Choishi-michi.

Jizō-ji

Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, 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....

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...

Jōdo-ji

Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Temple 49 of the Shikoku henro stands in low hills south of Matsuyama, weathered and quiet beside its busier neighbours....

Jōdo-ji (Daijōritsu-in)

Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Jōdo-ji crowns a hill above the Onomichi waterway and serves as Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage station #9....

Jōraku-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Jōraku-ji, eleventh station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, was the route's only Tendai temple through the Edo period before fire and Meiji-era reform reshaped it....

Jōraku-ji

Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Jōraku-ji is the only temple of the Shikoku 88 dedicated to Miroku Bosatsu, the future Buddha....

Jōren-ji (Tokyo Daibutsu)

Itabashi City, Tokyo, Japan

Jōren-ji (Tokyo Daibutsu) (乗蓮寺) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....

Jōrin-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Jōrin-ji, seventeenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a small Sōtō Zen temple founded as an act of warrior repentance....

Jōruri-ji

Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Jōruri-ji is the forty-sixth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and the first of eight in the Matsuyama cluster....

Jōsen-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Jōsen-ji is the third station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Saitama, Japan....

Jūraku-ji

Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, 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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

Kakurin-ji

Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Kakurin-ji, Temple 20 of the Shikoku 88, sits high on Mount Washinō in Katsuura....

Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Koto City, Tokyo, Japan

Kameido Tenjin Shrine (亀戸天神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...