Tradition guide
Buddhism
Buddhist sacred sites trace the movement of teachings, relics, monastic communities, cave practice, stupas, temples, and pilgrimage routes across Asia and beyond.
664 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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Buddhism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
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Donghaksa Temple
Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Donghaksa’s spring approach can be crowded beneath a three-kilometre tunnel of cherry blossom, but the monastery’s deeper distinction is not seasonal....
Dōryū-ji
Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 77 Dōryū-ji in Tadotsu is known on the Shikoku route as the Eye-Healing Yakushi (me-naoshi Yakushi)....
Drak Yerpa
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Drak Yerpa is a limestone cliff amphitheater northeast of Lhasa containing 108 meditation caves sanctified by twelve centuries of contemplative practice....
Drukyal Dzong
Nyechhu_Shar-ri, Paro, Bhutan
Drukgyel Dzong stands at the head of the Paro Valley, built in 1649 to commemorate the Drukpa victory over a Tibetan-Mongol invasion....
Eifuku-ji
Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, 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....
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...
Eikan-dō (Zenrin-ji)
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Amida turns back for those who have fallen behind. Eikan-dō (Zenrin-ji) remains an active Jōdo Buddhism, Seizan Zenrin-ji school temple....
Ekōin Temple
Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
Ekōin Temple (回向院) is an active Jōdo-shū Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
En'yū-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
En'yū-ji is the twenty-sixth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage — a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji branch with an unusual feature: the Iwai-dō, a stage-built...
Engaku-ji
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Engaku-ji, stands in Kamakura. At Engaku-ji, Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Engaku-ji school guides custody....
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....
Enkō-ji (Myō-ō-in)
Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Enkō-ji, also known as Myō-ō-in, sits on Atago-yama above the Kusado Sengen archaeological site in Fukuyama, Hiroshima....
Enkōji
Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Enkō-ji is the thirty-ninth and final temple of the Tosa (Kōchi) section of the Shikoku 88, set in Sukumo....
Enmei-ji
Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Temple 54 of the Shikoku henro is the first of six temples clustered around Imabari....
Enmyō-ji
Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, 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....
Enpuku-ji
Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Enpuku-ji is the 27th Bandō station and the easternmost stop of the eastern Kannon circuit....
Enryaku-ji temple and Mt. Hiei
Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Enryaku-ji stands as the root of Japanese Buddhism, the mountain monastery that trained the founders of virtually every major Buddhist school in Japan....
Entsū-ji
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Entsū-ji crowns a small mountain in Tamashima, Kurashiki, and serves as Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage station #7....
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
Rising from the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital on the endless Mongolian steppe, Erdene Zuu Monastery marks the place where an empire of conquest transformed into a...
Fanjingshan mountain and temple, Tongren
Tongren, Guizhou, China
Rising from the primordial forests of Guizhou, Fanjingshan is China's Fifth Sacred Buddhist Mountain and the earthly throne of Maitreya, the Buddha yet to come....
Former Togawa Oshi House
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Former Togawa Oshi House (旧外川家住宅) is a preserved oshi pilgrim-lodging house in Fujiyoshida associated with receiving, guiding, and ritually preparing Fuji-ko pilgrims.
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....
Fujii-dera
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, 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....
Fukagawa Fudō-dō
Koto City, Tokyo, Japan
Fukagawa Fudō-dō (深川不動堂 (成田山東京別院)) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Gakuen-ji (Ichijō-in)
Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Gakuen-ji (Ichijō-in), the 25th station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, occupies a steep forested ridge north of Izumo Taisha....
Gakwonsa Temple
Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Gakwonsa is a modern Buddhist temple on Taejosan, best known for a vast seated bronze Amitabha Buddha. The image is not simply a large tourist object....
Ganden Monastery
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ganden Monastery, founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409 on a mountain ridge east of Lhasa, is the mother monastery of the Gelug school — the largest institution in Tibetan...
Ganden-ji
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Ganden-ji — locally known as Iwadono Kannon — is the second station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, set on a hilltop above Zushi....
Gango-ji
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Gango-ji, stands in Nara. At Gango-ji, Shingon Ritsu Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Gango-ji addresses Chikō Mandala Amida imagery, Kannon, and Jizō....
Gangteng Monastery
Gangteng, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
Gangteng Monastery commands a spur above the Phobjikha Valley at 3,000 metres, fulfilling a prophecy made by the treasure revealer Pema Lingpa....
Gankei-ji
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Gankei-ji is station bangai-gankei-ji on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Kannon....
Gatbawi Buddha
Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Gatbawi is the stone seated Buddha on Gwanbong, a Palgongsan summit associated with Seonbonsa....
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....
Geumsansa Temple
Gimje, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Geumsansa’s Mireukjeon is read upward. Its three exterior stories enclose one soaring interior centered on a standing Maitreya image....
Giác Lâm Pagoda
Tân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Giác Lâm is a historic southern Vietnamese Buddhist pagoda in the Lâm Tế lineage....
Girimsa Temple
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Girimsa opens into two different centers. Daejeokgwangjeon houses Vairocana, the Buddha associated with all-pervading illumination, while another court gathers a mature...
Gōdo-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Gōdo-ji, eighteenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a Sōtō Zen temple whose name 'Divine Gate' (神門) commemorates a stand of sakaki trees that once formed...
Gohyaku Rakanji Temple
Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan
Gohyaku Rakanji Temple (天恩山 五百羅漢寺) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Goka-dō
Yokoze, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Goka-dō is the fifth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Yokoze, Saitama....
Gokokuji
Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
Gokokuji (護国寺) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
Gokuraku-ji
Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Gokuraku-ji is Temple 2 of the Shikoku 88, sitting 1.4 km southwest of Temple 1 in Naruto....
Golgulsa Temple
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Golgulsa is a living Jogye Buddhist temple built around a tuff cliff pierced by small cave halls....
Gōshō-ji
Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 78 Gōshō-ji rises above the old port of Utazu on a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea....
Gōtoku-ji
Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan
Gōtoku-ji (大谿山 豪徳寺) is an active Sōtō Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, United States
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, belongs within Buddhism....
Guinsa Temple
Danyang-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
Guinsa does not present the weathered scale many visitors expect from a Korean mountain temple....
Gulsansa Temple Site, Gangneung
Gangneung, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Gulsansa Temple Site, Gangneung is a protected archaeological temple site within a living agricultural landscape in Gangneung, South Korea....
Gumyō-ji
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Gumyō-ji, the Gumyōji Kannon, is the fourteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and Yokohama's oldest temple....
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Buddhism sacred-site questions
What are Buddhism sacred sites?
Buddhism sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Buddhism sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Bhutan.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
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