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Japan's sacred geography layers Shinto shrine landscapes, Buddhist temple networks, mountain ascetic practice, island pilgrimage, and urban devotional sites.

545 sacred sites across 64 regions. Use the tradition links to narrow in.

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Showing 193-240 of 545 sites in this country guide

Kami Daigo-ji
Buddhism

Kami Daigo-ji

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kami Daigo-ji is station 11 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Daigo-ha temple in Kyoto dedicated to Juntei Kannon....

Kamigamo-jinja Shrine
UNESCOShinto

Kamigamo-jinja Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Thunder, mountain form, and cultivated water at Kyoto’s upper Kamo shrine. Kamigamo-jinja Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Kan'ei-ji
Buddhism

Kan'ei-ji

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Kan'ei-ji (寛永寺) is an active Tendai Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kanda Myōjin
Shinto

Kanda Myōjin

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Kanda Myōjin (神田神社(神田明神)) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kanjizai-ji
Buddhism

Kanjizai-ji

Ainan, Ehime Prefecture, 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...

Kannō-ji
Buddhism

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...

Kannon-in
Buddhism

Kannon-in

Ogano, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Kannon-in — Shūkutsu-san Kannon-in — is the 31st station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage and the most physically demanding stop on the route....

Kannon-in
Buddhism

Kannon-in

Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Kannon-in in Tottori, the 32nd station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, was founded in 1632 as the Tottori-Ikeda clan's domain temple....

Kannon-ji
Buddhism

Kannon-ji

Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture, 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....

Kannon-ji
Buddhism

Kannon-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Kannon-ji is the twenty-first station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buzan-ha temple in central Chichibu locally known as Yano-dō ('Arrow Hall')....

Kannon-ji
Buddhism

Kannon-ji

Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, 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...

Kannonshō-ji
Buddhism

Kannonshō-ji

Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Kannonshō-ji is station 32 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon....

Kanshin-ji
Buddhism

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...

Kanyō-ji
Buddhism

Kanyō-ji

Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Kanyō-ji — Rokuon-zan Kanyō-ji — sits in the highland Kano basin of northern Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture....

Karasumori Shrine
Shinto

Karasumori Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Karasumori Shrine (烏森神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kasamori-ji
Buddhism

Kasamori-ji

Chōnan, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Kasamori-ji is the 31st station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — a Tendai temple in the forested hills of Chōnan, Chiba....

Kashima Shrine
Shinto

Kashima Shrine

Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

For over two millennia, Kashima Shrine has enshrined Takemikazuchi, the god of thunder and martial power born from the blood of Izanagi's sword....

Kasuga Taisha
UNESCOShinto

Kasuga Taisha

Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Kasuga Taisha, stands in Nara. At Kasuga Taisha, Shinto guides custody. Prayer at Kasuga Taisha addresses Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amenokoyane, and Himegami....

Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado
UNESCOHidden Christian tradition within a Shinto-Buddhist landscape

Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado

Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado, stands in Hirado. At Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado, Hidden Christian tradition within a Shinto-Buddhist landscape...

Katori Shrine
Shinto

Katori Shrine

Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Katori Shrine enshrines Futsunushi, the deity of swords and victory who pacified Japan for the heavenly lineage....

Katsuō-ji
Buddhism

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....

Kegon-ji
Buddhism

Kegon-ji

Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Kegon-ji is station 33 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Gifu dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....

Kencho-ji
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kenchō-ji school

Kencho-ji

Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Kencho-ji, stands in Kamakura. At Kencho-ji, Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kenchō-ji school guides custody....

Kennin-ji
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kennin-ji school

Kennin-ji

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Zen discipline and tea memory in the streets behind Gion. Kennin-ji remains an active Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kennin-ji school temple....

Ki-mii-dera
Buddhism

Ki-mii-dera

Sa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Ki-mii-dera is station 2 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Kuze Kannon-shū temple in Wakayama dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....

Kibitsu Jinja Shinto Shrine, Okayama
Shinto

Kibitsu Jinja Shinto Shrine, Okayama

Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Kibitsu Jinja preserves the origin story of Momotaro, the Peach Boy. Here Prince Kibitsuhiko defeated the demon Ura seventeen centuries ago, and the demon's severed head...

Kichijō-ji
Buddhism

Kichijō-ji

Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, 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...

Kifune Shrine
Shinto

Kifune Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Nestled in the forested mountains north of Kyoto, Kifune Shrine has stood for over sixteen centuries as the dwelling place of Kuraokami, the dragon god who governs water....

Kikusui-ji
Buddhism

Kikusui-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Kikusui-ji — Enmei-zan Kikusui-ji — is the 33rd station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Sōtō Zen temple in the Yoshida district of Chichibu....

Kinshō-ji
Buddhism

Kinshō-ji

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Kinshō-ji is the fourth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Saitama, Japan....

Kirihata-ji
Buddhism

Kirihata-ji

Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Kirihata-ji rises 155 metres above the Yoshino plain on the slope of Mt. Kirihata....

Kirishima Shrine
Shinto

Kirishima Shrine

Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Kirishima Shrine marks where Japanese civilization began - at least according to Shinto mythology....

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine
Fuji worship and Shinto

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine (北口本宮冨士浅間神社) is the historic northern shrine threshold of the Yoshida ascent, where the old worship route proceeds toward Mount Fuji.

Kitano Tenmangū
Shinto

Kitano Tenmangū

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Learning, memory, and plum blossom before Tenjin. Kitano Tenmangū remains an active Shinto shrine....

Kiyama-ji (Kanji-in)
Buddhism

Kiyama-ji (Kanji-in)

Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Kiyama-ji crowns Mt. Kiyama (430 m) in Maniwa, north of Tsuyama. Founded by Kūkai in 815 CE according to temple tradition, it is a Kōyasan Shingon-shū bekkaku honzan and...

Kiyomizu Kannon-dō Temple
Buddhism

Kiyomizu Kannon-dō Temple

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyomizu Kannon-dō Temple (清水観音堂) is an active Tendai Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....

Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhism

Kiyomizu-dera

Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Otowasan Kiyomizu-dera in Isumi, Chiba, is the 32nd station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — a Tendai temple set on Otowa-yama in the forested hills of southern Bōsō....

Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhism

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....

Kiyomizu-dera (Osaka)
Buddhism

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...

Kiyomizu-dera (Yasugi)
Buddhism

Kiyomizu-dera (Yasugi)

Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Kiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, is the 28th station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and the foremost Tendai esoteric (taimitsu) training hall in the San'in region....

Kiyomizu-dera Temple
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...

Kiyotaki-ji
Buddhism

Kiyotaki-ji

Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Kiyotaki-ji is the 26th Bandō station, a quiet Shingon-Buzan temple on the lower slopes of Mt. Ryūgamine in rural Tsuchiura....

Kiyotaki-ji
Buddhism

Kiyotaki-ji

Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, 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....

Koami Shrine
Shinto

Koami Shrine

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

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

Kofuku-ji
UNESCOHossō Buddhism

Kofuku-ji

Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Kofuku-ji, stands in Nara. At Kofuku-ji, Hossō Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Kofuku-ji addresses Shaka Nyorai, Yakushi Nyorai, Kannon, and the Hossō....

Kōgan-ji (Togenuki Jizō)
Buddhism

Kōgan-ji (Togenuki Jizō)

Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan

Kōgan-ji (Togenuki Jizō) (とげぬき地蔵尊 高岩寺(曹洞宗 萬頂山)) is an active Soto Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....

Kōjō-ji
Buddhism

Kōjō-ji

Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Kōjō-ji — Chōon-zan Kōjō-ji — sits atop Mt. Chōon ('Tide-Sound Mountain') above Setoda Bay on Ikuchijima....

Kokawa-dera
Buddhism

Kokawa-dera

Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, 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....

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Key questions

Japan sacred-site questions

What sacred sites can I explore in Japan?

Pilgrim Map lists sacred places in Japan across living worship sites, heritage landmarks, pilgrimage destinations, and culturally significant landscapes. The current guide lists 545 sites organized by region and tradition.

Which traditions are represented in Japan?

The most represented traditions include Buddhism, Shinto, Shingon Buddhism, Christianity, Shinto / Buddhism, Tendai Buddhism.

How should I plan a sacred-site visit in Japan?

Start with regional clusters, compare nearby places on the map, then open individual site pages for coordinates, etiquette, and sacred context where available.

Can I view Japan sacred sites on a map?

Yes. Switch to map view to compare geographic clusters, then open individual site pages for coordinates, visiting context, and related places.