浅草寺
Sensō-ji
The temple’s origin tradition says the Hinokuma brothers found a Kannon image in the river in 628, leading to worship on this site.
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明治神宮
Meiji Jingū
Meiji Jingū was founded in 1920 to enshrine Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken. Its planted forest was created with trees donated from across Japan.
清水寺
Kiyomizu-dera
The temple dates its beginning to 778.
鹿苑寺
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu developed the Kitayama villa here in 1397; it became Rokuon-ji after his death.
東大寺
Tōdai-ji Temple
The Great Buddha’s eye-opening ceremony took place in 752. The present Nigatsu-dō was rebuilt two years after the 1667 fire, in 1669. Chōgen rebuilt Hokke-dō’s worship hall in 1199 and joined it to the older image hall.
厳島神社
Itsukushima Shrine
Taira no Kiyomori rebuilt the shrine in 1168 incorporating aristocratic residential architecture; the shrine became a UNESCO World Heritage property in 1996.
安倍文殊院
Abe Monju-in Temple
Kaikei created the principal Monju Bodhisattva image in 1203 during the Kamakura period.
化野念仏寺
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple
Jakudo rebuilt the present main hall in 1712.
赤間神宮
Akama Jingū
After the Meiji separation of Buddhism and Shinto, Amida-ji was abolished and Akama-gū established in 1875. It was renamed Akama Jingū in 1940.
秋葉山本宮秋葉神社
Akihasan Hongū Akiha Shrine
Shrine tradition dates its foundation on Mount Akiha to 709.
秋篠寺
Akishino-dera Temple
Fire destroyed the main hall in 1135. The present hall was reconstructed during the Kamakura period using surviving timber from earlier buildings.
天津神社
Amatsu Shrine
The shrine tradition places its foundation in Emperor Keikō’s reign. The precinct also contains Nunakawa Shrine.
安養院
An'yō-in Temple
The association describes the late-Kamakura-period transfer of Hōjō Masako’s Chōraku-ji to this former Zendō-ji site, with Anyō-in becoming the temple’s name.
安楽寺
Anraku-ji Temple
The temple cites Daikaku’s recorded teachings as evidence that Anrakuji was already a substantial Zen training community in the mid-Kamakura period.
安楽寺
Anraku-ji Temple
Anraku-ji became one of Awa's roadside lodging temples under Hachisuka Iemasa. The association cites a surviving 1598 document concerning that role; the temple's identity is also closely connected with its hot springs.
安楽寿院
Anrakuju-in Temple
Retired Emperor Toba converted the eastern part of his detached palace into Anrakujuin in 1137.
安泰寺
Antai-ji Temple
Antai-ji relocated from Kyoto to rural Tajima in 1976 to continue its self-sufficient Zen training.
青葉神社
Aoba Shrine
Its first halls were completed in November 1874; the present worship hall was built in 1927.
青井阿蘇神社
Aoi Aso Shrine
The linked sanctuary buildings were constructed together between 1610 and 1613. They were designated National Treasures on 9 June 2008.
荒子観音
Arako Kannon Temple
Temple tradition places its foundation in the Nara period.
浅草神社
Asakusa Shrine
Tokugawa Iemitsu donated the present shrine buildings in 1649; they survived later fires, the Great Kantō Earthquake and war.
阿蘇神社
Aso Shrine
The shrine buildings were rebuilt with Kumamoto domain support between 1835 and 1850. Recovery work after the 2016 earthquake concluded in December 2023.
飛鳥寺
Asuka-dera Temple
Asuka-dera was completed in 596 under Soga no Umako’s patronage. Most early buildings were lost in the Kamakura period; the present main hall was rebuilt in the Edo period.
愛宕神社
Atago Shrine
Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered this fire-protection shrine established in 1603; the present sanctuary buildings were rebuilt in September 1958.
愛宕神社
Atago Shrine
The city account connects Atago Shrine’s origins with En no Ozunu and Taichō during the early eighth century.
熱田神宮
Atsuta Jingū
The shrine was rebuilt in 1955 after damage in the 1945 air raids.
安房神社
Awa Shrine
The shrine became a Beppyō Jinja under the postwar Association of Shinto Shrines in 1946.
淡嶋神社
Awashima Shrine
Awashima Shrine preserves a tradition connecting its origins on Tomogashima with Empress Jing ū and later relocation to Kada. The city’s history also records doll offerings and other connections with the Kii Tokugawa family.
鑁阿寺
Banna-ji Temple
The former Ashikaga residence precinct was designated a national historic site in 1921.
萬松寺
Banshō-ji Temple
Oda Nobuhide established Banshoji as the Oda family’s memorial temple.
佛光寺
Bukkō-ji Temple
Bukkoji moved to its present site in 1586 after Toyotomi Hideyoshi provided replacement land.
佛木寺
Butsumoku-ji Temple
Butsumoku-ji preserves a foundation legend involving Kūkai, a cow and a luminous jewel. Its animal-memorial tradition developed from prayers for working livestock and now also includes other animals and pets.
佛通寺
Buttsū-ji Temple
Kobayakawa Haruhira invited Guchū Shūkyū to found the temple in 1397. In 1905 it became independent from Tenryū-ji as the Rinzai Buttsū-ji branch.
白毫寺
Byakugō-ji Temple
Eison revived Byakugō-ji during the Kamakura period. Its earlier association with Prince Shiki’s villa is presented as a foundation tradition.
平等院
Byōdō-in Temple
Fujiwara Yorimichi converted his villa into Byodoin in 1052.
平等寺
Byōdō-ji Temple
Byōdō-ji's religious origin account describes Kūkai meditating here in 814 and making a vow connected with Yakushi Nyorai. The association identifies Yakushi as its principal deity and the site as pilgrimage temple 22.
千葉寺
Chiba-dera Temple
The pilgrimage association attributes Sen’yō-ji’s foundation to Gyōki in 709.
竹林寺
Chikurin-ji Temple
Chikurin-ji's foundation tradition links Gyōki to Emperor Shōmu's dream of China's Mount Wutai. The association describes the temple as a center of Buddhist learning and records later connections with the monk Musō.
知恩院
Chion-in Temple
In 1234 Genchi constructed halls honoring Honen as founding master.
智積院
Chishaku-in Temple
After the original Chishakuin at Negoroji burned in 1585, Genyu secured land and buildings from Tokugawa Ieyasu to restore it in Kyoto.
朝護孫子寺
Chōgosonshi-ji Temple
The temple’s foundation legend connects Prince Shōtoku’s 587 battle prayers with the appearance of Bishamonten.
長保寺
Chōhō-ji Temple
Chōhō-ji attributes its establishment in 1000 to imperial patronage and the monk Shōkū. The temple distinguishes this foundation tradition from its surviving medieval main hall, pagoda and gate and its later Kii Tokugawa burial grounds.
長寿寺
Chōju-ji Temple
After Ashikaga Takauji’s death in 1358, his son Motouji built a complete temple complex here to memorialize him.
鳥海山大物忌神社
Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine
The three shrines adopted the collective present name in 1955. The current summit sanctuary was built in 2017.
朝光寺
Chōkō-ji Temple
Local temple tradition credits Hōdō Sennin with founding Chōkō-ji around 651.
長勝寺
Chōshō-ji Temple
The association’s traditional account says Nisshō restored the former Honkoku-ji site in 1345 and named it Chōshō-ji after Ishii Nagakatsu.
中宮寺
Chūgū-ji Temple
Excavations in 1963 confirmed the original temple’s south-pagoda, north-main-hall arrangement east of the present site.
中尊寺
Chūson-ji Temple
The Konjikidō was completed in 1124 and is the temple’s surviving original twelfth-century structure.
大安寺
Daian-ji Temple
Daian-ji moved to its present Nara site in 710 with the transfer of the capital.
大福寺
Daifuku-ji Temple
The Kannon hall was rebuilt in 1925 after the Great Kantō Earthquake and restored again in 2016.
醍醐寺
Daigo-ji Temple
The temple traces its foundation to Shōbō in 874 on Mount Daigo.
大報恩寺
Daihōon-ji Temple
Giku founded Daihoonji in 1220, and it became an imperial prayer temple in 1235.
大慈寺
Daiji-ji Temple
Kangan, a senior disciple of Dōgen, founded the temple in 1278. A Santōka memorial stone was erected in 1952 by people commemorating the poet.
大覚寺
Daikaku-ji Temple
Emperor Saga’s villa became Daikakuji in 876, with Prince Gojaku as founding abbot.
大興善寺
Daikōzen-ji Temple
The temple’s origin account credits Gyoki with founding Daikozenji in 717.
大念仏寺
Dainenbutsu-ji Temple
The present main hall was completed in 1938.
大日寺
Dainichi-ji Temple
The association attributes Dainichi-ji's founding to Kūkai and describes repeated decline and rebuilding. Its principal deity is Dainichi Nyorai, and it is the fourth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage.
大日寺
Dainichi-ji Temple
Dainichi-ji's foundation account attributes its establishment to Gyōki and later restoration to Kūkai. The association distinguishes the Dainichi principal image from a separate Yakushi tradition connected with Kūkai's visit.
大仙院
Daisen-in
Kogaku Soko established Daisenin in 1509.
大山寺
Daisen-ji Temple
Daisen-ji became a major mountain Buddhist center from the Heian period onward. The prefectural guide describes its decline following the Meiji separation of Buddhism and Shinto and the rebuilding of its main hall in 1951 after the 1928 fire.
大聖院
Daishō-in Temple
The temple tradition traces its foundation to Kūkai’s practice on Mount Misen in 806. The temple later served as Itsukushima Shrine’s Buddhist administrator.
大徳寺
Daitoku-ji Temple
Ikkyu revived Daitokuji after much of its complex was destroyed during the Onin War.
大善寺
Daizen-ji Temple
Temple tradition says Gyoki established Daizenji in 718 after carving a Yakushi triad inspired by a dream.
檀林寺
Danrin-ji Temple
The present Danrinji was reestablished in 1964. The older temple associated with Empress Tachibana had ceased to exist.
達磨寺
Daruma-ji Temple
Lord Sakai Tadataka founded Shōrinzan Daruma-ji in 1697, inviting Tenshū from Mito and honoring Tōkō Shin’etsu as founding teacher.
太宰府天満宮
Dazaifu Tenmangū
Kobayakawa Takakage sponsored construction of the present main sanctuary in 1591.
道成寺
Dōjō-ji Temple
Dōjō-ji’s chronology presents its 701 foundation under Emperor Monmu as a traditional account, connected with Fujiwara Miyako. Its subsequent history includes the Anchin and Kiyohime legend and changes in Buddhist affiliation.
道明寺
Dōmyō-ji
Flood damage in 1674 led to the temple’s relocation to the nearby Tenmangū precinct hill in 1724.
家原寺
Ebara-ji Temple
Temple tradition identifies Ebara-ji as Gyōki’s birthplace and his first temple.
荏柄天神社
Egara Tenjinsha Shrine
The shrine’s origin tradition dates to 1104, when an image of Tenjin was said to descend during a thunderstorm and villagers built a sanctuary for it.
永源寺
Eigen-ji Temple
Sasaki Ujiyori established Eigenji in 1361 with Jakushitsu Genko as founding abbot.
永平寺
Eihei-ji Temple
Dogen founded Eiheiji in 1244 with land and support from his lay follower Hatano Yoshishige.
永保寺
Eihō-ji Temple
Muso Soseki began Eihoji in 1313 at the invitation of the Toki family. Geno Hongen later became its designated founding master.
禅林寺
Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji Temple
Shinsho acquired Fujiwara no Sekio’s former residence for the temple site in 853.
回向院
Ekō-in Temple
Ekō-in began in 1657 when Tokugawa Ietsuna provided this site to bury and memorialize unidentified victims of the Great Meireki Fire.
円覚寺
Engaku-ji Temple
Hōjō Tokimune founded Engaku-ji in 1282 with Mugaku Sogen to promote Zen and commemorate those killed in the Mongol invasions, including both sides.
圓教寺
Engyō-ji Temple
Temple tradition dates Shōkū’s mountain hermitage to 966; Emperor Kazan gave the name Engyō-ji in 987.
円成寺
Enjō-ji Temple
Following earlier destruction, reconstruction restored fourteen temple buildings by 1487 under Eikō’s leadership.
圓光寺
Enkō-ji Temple
Tokugawa Ieyasu established Enkoji in Fushimi as a school in 1601 with Sanyo Genkitsu as its first head.
江島神社
Enoshima Shrine
The shrine describes Edo-period Enoshima pilgrimage as a flourishing expression of devotion to its Benzaiten images.
円福寺
Enpuku-ji Temple
The temple built a new five-story pagoda in 2009.
延暦寺
Enryaku-ji Temple
Saicho established Ichijo Shikan-in, the predecessor of the Konpon Chudo, in 788.
圓照寺
Enshō-ji
The national tourism association entry dates Enshō-ji’s establishment to 1669.
恵林寺
Erin-ji Temple
Nikaido Sadafuji invited Muso Soseki and converted his residence into Erinji in 1330.
補陀洛山寺
Fudarakusan-ji Temple
Fudarakusan-ji is a branch temple of Seiganto-ji. Its history records monks departing from the coast to seek Kannon’s paradise, destruction by an 1808 typhoon, and reconstruction of the present main hall in 1990.
葛井寺
Fujii-dera Temple
Archaeological finds indicate a large earlier layout with a main hall, lecture hall and east and west pagodas.
富士山本宮浅間大社
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha
The shrine adopted its present official name, Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, in 1982.
富貴寺
Fuki-ji Temple
The temple was founded in the Heian period as the family temple of Usa Jingū’s chief priests. Its Amida hall is the oldest surviving wooden building in Kyūshū and a National Treasure.
福済寺
Fukusai-ji Temple
Fukusaiji’s former buildings were destroyed by the atomic bombing; its later Nagasaki Kannon memorial commemorates victims of the bombing and war.
伏見稲荷大社
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Shrine tradition dates the enshrinement of Inari on Mount Inari to 711.
不退寺
Futai-ji Temple
Temple tradition attributes Futaiji’s beginnings in 847 to Ariwara no Narihira enshrining his carved Buddhist image.
日光二荒山神社
Futarasan Shrine
The shrine is a longstanding center of Nikkō mountain worship, with Mount Nantai regarded as its sacred mountain.
元興寺
Gangō-ji Temple
Gangō-ji moved from Asuka to the Heijō capital in 718.
元慶寺
Gangyō-ji Temple
Henjo founded Gankeiji in 868.
月山神社
Gassan Shrine
Matsuo Bashō climbed Mount Gassan and composed a verse about its moon and cloud peaks.
月照寺
Gessho-ji Temple
The temple serves as the mausoleum of successive Matsue lords. Its Edo-period main hall was dismantled after the Meiji Restoration and never rebuilt at the former scale.
慈照寺
Ginkaku-ji Temple
Ashikaga Yoshimasa began building the villa that preceded Jishoji in 1482; it became a Zen temple after his death.
護国寺
Gokoku-ji Temple
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi founded Gokoku-ji in 1681 at the request of his mother Keishō-in.
護国寺
Gokoku-ji Temple
The temple was established in 1368 for Shingon Buddhist teaching during King Satto’s reign. In the nineteenth century, missionary Bernard Bettelheim stayed there for eight years.
極楽寺
Gokuraku-ji Temple
Hōjō Shigetoki founded Gokuraku-ji in 1259; Ninshō was later welcomed as founding abbot.
極楽寺
Gokuraku-ji Temple
Gokuraku-ji's origin account links the temple to Gyōki and Kūkai's worship of Amida. The association records that the main hall was rebuilt in 1659 after earlier wartime destruction.
豪徳寺
Gōtoku-ji Temple
The temple’s Buddha hall was built in 1677 and its bell cast by Fujiwara Masatsugu in 1679.
玉泉寺
Gyokusen-ji Temple
Gyokusenji housed Japan’s first United States consulate.
箱根神社
Hakone Shrine
The shrine tradition connects its foundation at the present lakeside site in 757 with the monk Mangan receiving a divine revelation.
筥崎宮
Hakozaki Shrine
The shrine acknowledges competing foundation accounts. Its cited old records place construction in 921 and relocation from Daibu Shrine in 923.
花園神社
Hanazono Shrine
The present reinforced-concrete sanctuary and office were completed in June 1965 after postwar rebuilding and deterioration.
般若寺
Hannya-ji Temple
Hannya-ji was rebuilt during the Kamakura period after earlier destruction. Its surviving National Treasure gate belongs to that period.
榛名神社
Haruna Shrine
Haruna returned to shrine status during the 1868 separation of Buddhism and Shinto.
長谷寺
Hase-dera Temple
The temple tradition dates its foundation to 736 and links its principal eleven-headed Kannon image to a story of two statues carved from one tree.
長谷寺
Hase-dera Temple
The association’s history dates Dōmyō’s installation of the bronze Lotus Sutra image plaque on the western hill to 686.
平安神宮
Heian Jingū
Heian Jingū was founded in 1895 to commemorate 1,100 years since the establishment of the Heian capital.
飛騨一宮水無神社
Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine
The shrine identifies its first historical record as an imperial rank award in 867; its actual founding date is unknown.
日枝神社
Hie Shrine
After destruction in 1945, the shrine carried out a major reconstruction, holding the new main-sanctuary enshrinement ceremony in June 1958.
東本願寺
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
Tokugawa Ieyasu granted Kyonyo land in 1602; the Amida hall followed in 1603 and the Goei hall in 1604, forming Higashi Honganji.
氷川神社
Hikawa Shrine
The present precinct and major halls were created in the large Shōwa-period rebuilding project.
氷川神社 (赤坂)
Hikawa Shrine
Tokugawa Yoshimune commissioned the present buildings in 1729; the shrine transferred here from Hitotsugi in April 1730.
平野神社
Hirano Shrine
Hirano Shrine moved to its present site in 794 with the transfer of the capital to Heian.
枚岡神社
Hiraoka Shrine
Hiraoka’s deities were shared with Kasuga in 768, and two Kasuga deities were invited here in 778.
枚聞神社
Hirasaki Shrine
The current main sanctuary was donated by Shimazu Yoshihiro in 1610 and remodeled by Shimazu Shigehide in 1787.
廣瀬大社
Hirose Shrine
The Nihon Shoki records an offering to the Ōimi deity at Hirose in 675, regarded as the beginning of the shrine’s Ōimi festival.
広島護国神社
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
The atomic bombing destroyed the shrine in 1945. It was reconstructed at Hiroshima Castle in 1956; the current main buildings date to a further rebuilding completed in 1993.
廣田神社
Hirota Shrine
Shrine tradition dates Hirota’s foundation to 201 and connects it with Empress Jingū.
日吉大社
Hiyoshi Taisha
Saicho’s adoption of Hiyoshi’s deity as a Tendai protector helped spread Sanno worship throughout Japan.
防府天満宮
Hōfu Tenmangū
Fire destroyed the shrine buildings in 1952. Reconstruction financed by donations was completed with the tower gate in 1963.
宝厳寺
Hōgon-ji Temple
Temple tradition says Emperor Shomu sent Gyoki to establish the island temple following a dream oracle in 724.
法住寺
Hōjū-ji Temple
Fujiwara no Tamemitsu founded Hojuji in 989 to commemorate his wife and daughter.
法観寺
Hōkan-ji Temple
Ashikaga Yoshinori rebuilt the surviving Yasaka Pagoda in 1440.
法華経寺
Hokekyō-ji Temple
The Soshidō was founded in 1325. Its major conservation project ran from 1987 to 1997.
北海道神宮
Hokkaidō Jingū
In 1964, Emperor Meiji was added to the enshrined deities and Sapporo Jinja was renamed Hokkaidō Jingū.
法華寺
Hokke-ji Temple
In 745, Empress Kōmyō converted her residence into a temple; the name Hokke-ji appears in a 747 historical record.
法起寺
Hokki-ji Temple
The surviving three-storey pagoda was completed in 706. The other present halls were rebuilt during the Edo period.
方広寺
Hōkō-ji Temple
The temple bell’s 1614 inscription became a pretext for the conflict culminating in the Osaka Winter Campaign.
豊國神社
Hōkoku Shrine
Hōkoku Shrine moved from Nakanoshima to its present Osaka Castle Park site in 1961.
報国寺
Hōkoku-ji Temple
Hōkoku-ji was founded in 1334 by Uesugi Shigekane to commemorate Ashikaga Ietoki, with Tengan Ekō as founding abbot.
宝慶寺
Hōkyō-ji Temple
Chinese monk Jakuen established Hōkyō-ji in 1278. It became an affiliated training monastery of Eihei-ji in the Sōtō school.
法然院
Hōnen-in Temple
Banbu of Chionin proposed restoring a nenbutsu practice site here in 1680; his disciple Nincho established the present complex.
本願寺
Hongan-ji Temple
Kennyo chose the present Rokujo Horikawa site when Hongwanji returned to Kyoto in 1591.
本能寺
Honnō-ji Temple
Nichiryu founded the predecessor called Honnoji with a different spelling in 1415; the present temple name was adopted in 1433.
本禅寺
Honzen-ji Temple
Honzenji moved to its present site in 1591; the current buildings were rebuilt in 1852.
報恩院
Hōon'-in Temple
Temple tradition attributes Hōon-in’s foundation in the Kanbun era to Ryōhen.
法輪寺
Hōrin-ji Temple
Most halls burned in the late-Edo Kinmon conflict; the halls, gate and pagoda were subsequently rebuilt.
法輪寺
Hōrin-ji Temple
Lightning destroyed Hōrin-ji’s three-storey pagoda in 1944. It was reconstructed in 1975 using traditional building methods.
法輪寺
Hōrin-ji Temple
Hōrin-ji's origin tradition concerns Kūkai and a reclining Shaka image. The association records that the temple moved to its present site in the Shōhō era, then suffered another fire in 1859 before rebuilding.
法隆寺
Hōryū-ji Temple
The Nihon Shoki records destruction by fire in 670; the present principal buildings are understood to have been completed in the early eighth century.
宝山寺
Hōzan-ji Temple
Hōzan Tankai revived Hōzan-ji in 1678 and introduced worship of Kangiten.
一乗寺
Ichijō-ji Temple
The temple’s foundation story links Hōdō Sennin and Emperor Kōtoku with its establishment in 650.
坐摩神社
Ikasuri Shrine
Ikasuri appears in the Heian-period Engishiki as Nishinari district’s principal major shrine.
池上本門寺
Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple
Nichiren died at Ikegami in 1282; the temple preserves the site’s commemorative tradition.
往馬坐伊古麻都比古神社
Ikoma Shrine
The shrine first appears as Ikoma-no-kami in a Nara-period document. Its tradition of foundation in Emperor Yūryaku’s reign is distinguished from that documentary evidence.
生國魂神社
Ikukunitama Shrine
Ikutama Shrine moved to its present location in 1585 during Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Osaka Castle construction.
生田神社
Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta’s grove appears in Heian literature, including The Pillow Book.
今宮神社
Imamiya Shrine
Imamiya Shrine treats the construction of a new sanctuary in 1001 as its foundation.
伊奈波神社
Inaba Shrine
The shrine’s account records its relocation to the mountain’s foot under Saito Dosan in 1539.
豊受大神宮（伊勢神宮 外宮）
Ise Jingū Gekū (Toyo'uke-daijingu)
Tradition says Emperor Yuryaku brought Toyouke from Tanba to Ise after an oracle in a dream.
皇大神宮（伊勢神宮 内宮）
Ise Jingū Naikū (Kōtai Jingū)
The association dates the first Shikinen Sengu reconstruction ceremony to 690.
石手寺
Ishite-ji Temple
Ishite-ji preserves medieval buildings including its 1318 Niō gate, designated a National Treasure. The association distinguishes the gate from other nationally protected halls, pagoda and bell, rather than applying one designation to every building.
石山寺
Ishiyama-dera Temple
Temple tradition credits Roben with its foundation in 747 at Emperor Shomu’s request.
石上神宮
Isonokami Jingū
The foundation tradition dates worship of the three principal deities at Isonokami Furu to Emperor Sujin’s seventh year. Ancient texts preserve several names for the shrine.
伊和神社
Iwa Shrine
A shrine legend explains the north-facing sanctuary through a crane that rested on the Tsuruishi rock.
岩木山神社
Iwakiyama Shrine
The shrine traces its origin to a sanctuary built on Mount Iwaki in 780, and its present foothill location to a transfer in 1091.
合氣神社
Iwama Dōjō
The city chronology dates completion of the Aiki Shrine main sanctuary to autumn 1944, followed by its attached training hall in summer 1945.
岩本寺
Iwamoto-ji Temple
Iwamoto-ji's traditional predecessor was Fukuenman-ji, associated with Gyōki and the Niida shrines. The association describes the later separation of Buddhism and Shinto and the consolidation of five principal images at Iwamoto-ji.
石清水八幡宮
Iwashimizu Hachimangū
Shrine tradition traces its origin to Gyōkyō bringing Hachiman worship to Otokoyama in 859.
出雲大社
Izumo Taisha
The present main sanctuary follows the 1744 reconstruction. The recent major restoration culminated in the 2013 sanctuary transfer and related projects completed in 2019.
伊豆山神社
Izusan Shrine
Izusan was known as Izu Daigongen in the Edo period; Tokugawa Ieyasu also visited.
出石神社
Izushi Shrine
Izushi Shrine’s present buildings were reconstructed in 1914.
慈眼寺
Jigen-ji Temple
Seigan revived Jigen-ji in 1616 after wartime destruction.
深大寺
Jindai-ji Temple
The temple preserves a bronze ritual chime cast in 1267, formerly used at its Jinja Daiō hall and later returned from Zenshō-ji.
神護寺
Jingo-ji Temple
Takaozanji and Jinganji merged in 824 to form Jingoji.
慈尊院
Jison-in Temple
Jison-in traces its origins to Kūkai establishing an administrative temple in 816. Its traditions concerning his mother, Tamayō Gozen, explain its longstanding connections with women visiting Kōyasan.
地蔵寺
Jizō-ji Temple
Jizō-ji's foundation tradition links it to Kūkai in 821 and subsequent imperial support. Its precinct and affiliated temples were damaged in sixteenth-century conflict, after which successive priests and supporters rebuilt the temple.
浄智寺
Jōchi-ji Temple
Jōchi-ji was founded around 1281 to memorialize Hōjō Munemasa, son of the fifth regent Hōjō Tokiyori.
浄土寺
Jōdo-ji Temple
Chōgen established Jōdo-ji at the beginning of the Kamakura period.
浄土寺
Jōdo-ji Temple
The temple tradition credits Prince Shōtoku with its foundation in 616. It later belonged to Saidai-ji’s network and became a major temple of the Sen’yū-ji branch in the Edo period.
浄土寺
Jōdo-ji Temple
Jōdo-ji's founding account concerns Emyō, an image attributed to Gyōki and imperial patronage. The association describes later restoration by Kūkai and preserves the temple's connection with the itinerant monk Kūya.
浄閑寺
Jōkan-ji Temple
Jōkan-ji was founded in 1655 by Seiyo Junpa.
浄妙寺
Jōmyō-ji Temple
Initially a Shingon temple called Gokuraku-ji, it became a Rinzai Zen temple under Geppō Ryōnen and adopted the name Jōmyō-ji around 1257–1259.
浄瑠璃寺
Jōruri-ji Temple
The association reports that a surviving historical record dates the first Yakushi hall to 1047, founded through Gimyō’s initiative; other origin accounts exist.
常楽寺
Jouraku-ji Temple
Jōraku-ji's foundation tradition concerns Kūkai's encounter with Miroku. After destruction and rebuilding, the association records its relocation in 1818 to the rocky precinct known for its flowing-rock garden.
寿福寺
Jufuku-ji Temple
Hōjō Masako founded Jufuku-ji in 1200, inviting Eisai to the former residence of Minamoto no Yoshitomo.
聚光院
Jukō-in
Jukoin was founded in 1566 as a memorial temple for Miyoshi Nagayoshi.
十楽寺
Jūraku-ji Temple
Jūraku-ji's founding tradition concerns Kūkai and an Amida image. The association records its relocation and reconstruction at the present site in 1635. The name expresses the wish for joy amid human suffering.
鹿児島神宮
Kagoshima Jingū
The current shrine buildings date to 1756. The shrine subsequently received national shrine ranks in the Meiji period.
善光寺
Kai Zenkō-ji Temple
Takeda Shingen established Kai Zenkoji after transferring Buddhist images and treasures from Nagano to protect them during the Kawanakajima conflict.
戒壇院
Kaidan-in Temple
Kaidanin dates its establishment to 761 and identifies Ganjin as its founding master.
海住山寺
Kaijūsen-ji Temple
Jokei settled at the ruined Kannonji site in 1208 and revived it under the name Kaijusenji.
勧修寺
Kajū-ji Temple
Emperor Daigo established Kajuji in 900 to commemorate his mother, Fujiwara no Inshi.
鶴林寺
Kakurin-ji Temple
The temple acknowledges uncertainty about its original foundation; an Edo-period origin account links it with Prince Shōtoku.
鎌倉宮
Kamakura-gū
Emperor Meiji ordered the shrine’s foundation in 1869 and named it Kamakura-gū, dedicating it to Prince Morinaga.
亀戸天神社
Kameido Tenjinsha
In 1662 the shrine complex was built in imitation of Dazaifu Tenmangū, including its halls, pond and arched bridges.
賀茂別雷神社
Kamigamo Shrine
The main and provisional sanctuaries were rebuilt in 1863 and designated National Treasures in 1953.
寛永寺
Kan'ei-ji Temple
Tenkai established Kan’ei-ji in 1625 to pray for the Tokugawa government and the peace of the people.
神田明神
Kanda-myōjin
The shrine transferred to its present site in 1616 to protect Edo Castle’s northeast direction. The current reinforced-concrete sanctuary was rebuilt in 1934.
観自在寺
Kanjizai-ji Temple
Kanjizai-ji's origin account attributes its establishment to Kūkai and images carved from a sacred tree. The association identifies it as the first pilgrimage temple in Ehime and describes its ties to the local coastal community.
神呪寺
Kannō-ji Temple
A late seventeenth-century temple scroll attributes Kanno-ji’s foundation to Manai Gozen in 828.
観音院
Kannon-in Temple
Kannon-in is a Tendai temple that flourished as a prayer temple of the Tottori Ikeda domain. The operator identifies its early Edo-period garden as a nationally designated scenic site since 1937.
観心寺
Kanshin-ji Temple
The temple’s surviving historical inventory records construction beginning under Shinshō in 827.
観世音寺
Kanzeon-ji Temple
The surviving lecture hall and main hall were rebuilt in the early Edo period.
曹源寺
Kappa-dera Temple
The temple was founded near Wadakura Gate in May 1588.
笠覆寺
Kasadera Kannon Temple
The temple’s origin story says a monk carved Kannon from driftwood and enshrined it in a small hall in 736.
笠間稲荷神社
Kasama Inari Shrine
The present main sanctuary was rebuilt between 1854 and 1860 and designated an Important Cultural Property in 1988.
橿原神宮
Kashihara Jingū
Kashihara Jingū was established on April 2, 1890. Emperor Meiji provided buildings from the Kyoto Imperial Palace for its sanctuary and worship hall.
香椎宮
Kashii-gū
The shrine’s origin tradition says Empress Jingu built a sanctuary for Emperor Chuai in 200; a separate sanctuary for her was completed in 724.
鹿島神宮
Kashima Jingū
The present sanctuary was donated by Tokugawa Hidetada, while Tokugawa Ieyasu donated the inner shrine and Tokugawa Yorifusa the tower gate.
春日大社
Kasuga-taisha
Four sanctuaries were built at the present site in 768 during Empress Shōtoku’s reign, with worship of four deities associated with the Fujiwara clan.
加藤神社
Katō Shrine
Founded as Nishikiyama Shrine in 1871 following the separation of Buddhism and Shinto, it adopted the name Katō Shrine in 1909 and returned to Kumamoto Castle in 1962.
香取神宮
Katori Jingū
Katori Jingū was designated an imperial-festival shrine in 1942.
勝尾寺
Katsuō-ji Temple
Temple tradition dates Katsuo-ji’s beginnings to a hermitage founded by Zenchū and Zensan in 727.
平間寺
Kawasaki Daishi
The temple’s foundation account says Hirama Kanenori and Sonken built it in 1128 after Kanenori recovered its Kōbō Daishi image from the sea.
氣比神宮
Kehi Jingū
A 2016 designation added the shrine grounds to the nationally recognized scenic locations associated with Oku no Hosomichi.
建長寺
Kenchō-ji Temple
The temple’s National Treasure bell was cast in 1255 and bears the name Kenchō Zenji.
建勲神社
Kenkun Shrine
Kenkun Shrine was founded in 1869 by order of Emperor Meiji to enshrine Oda Nobunaga.
建仁寺
Kennin-ji Temple
Minamoto no Yoriie provided land for Kenninji in 1202, with Eisai as its founding master.
吉備津神社
Kibitsu Shrine
The main sanctuary and worship hall were rebuilt in 1425. Their distinctive paired-gable design is known as Kibitsu-zukuri.
吉祥寺
Kichijou-ji Temple
Kichijō-ji's foundation account links Kūkai to images carved from a sacred cypress. The association notes its distinctive dedication to Bishamonten among the Shikoku pilgrimage temples.
貴船神社
Kifune Shrine
Kifune’s main shrine moved to its present site in 1055 after flood damage at the older sanctuary.
菊池神社
Kikuchi Shrine
The shrine was founded in 1870 to commemorate Kikuchi Taketoki, Takeshige and Takemitsu, leaders of the Kikuchi family.
金峯山寺
Kimpusen-ji Temple
The temple’s origin legend describes En no Gyōja invoking Zaō Gongen in the late seventh century and carving images from mountain cherry wood for Yoshino and Mount Ōmine.
金峯神社
Kinpu Shrine
Kimpu Shrine enshrines the mountain land deity Kanayamahiko. The prefectural tourism guide describes its medieval role in Shugendō and notes that the worship hall was transferred from the former Yoshino Jingū.
切幡寺
Kirihata-ji Temple
Kirihata-ji's name is explained through a temple legend in which a young weaver cuts cloth for Kūkai and becomes associated with Kannon. This religious narrative is retained as legend rather than established historical fact.
霧島神宮
Kirishima Jingū
The present buildings were rebuilt in 1715 following a fire. The main sanctuary, offering hall and worship hall were designated National Treasures on 9 February 2022.
喜多院
Kita-in Temple
After the 1638 Kawagoe fire, Tokugawa Iemitsu rebuilt Kita-in and relocated palace buildings from Edo Castle to form its guest hall, study and kitchen.
北畠神社
Kitabatake Shrine
The Kitabatake residence garden at the shrine was designated a national scenic place in 1936.
北野天満宮
Kitano Tenmangū
Kitano Tenmangū was founded in 947 to enshrine Sugawara no Michizane.
清水寺
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
The pilgrimage association traces the temple’s foundation to Jikaku Daishi in 807.
高台寺
Kōdai-ji Temple
Nene established Kōdai-ji in 1606 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
興福寺
Kōfuku-ji Temple
Fujiwara no Fuhito moved the temple to the present Nara site in 710, when it received the name Kōfuku-ji.
興福寺
Kōfuku-ji Temple
Chinese residents from the Nanjing region established Kofukuji in 1620, identifying Shinen as its founder.
向嶽寺
Kōgaku-ji Temple
Kogakuji was established in 1380 with Battai Tokusho as founding abbot and Takeda Nobunari as patron.
粉河寺
Kokawa-dera Temple
Kokawa-dera’s origin account links a hunter and a miraculous child pilgrim to a Kannon image in 770. The temple records destruction during Hideyoshi’s 1585 campaign and the completion of surviving halls under later Tokugawa patronage.
国分寺
Kokubunji Temple
The temple became a provincial Kokubun-ji during Emperor Shōmu’s reign.
国泰寺
Kokutai-ji Temple
The temple became independent from the Rinzai Shōkoku-ji branch as the Kokutai-ji branch in 1905.
高麗神社
Koma Shrine
The shrine’s account says residents enshrined Koma no Jakko after his death to honor his leadership of Koma district.
光明禅寺
Kōmyōzen-ji
Tetsugyu Enshin of the Sugawara family established Komyozenji in 1273.
金剛三昧院
Kongō Sanmai-in Temple
Kong ō Sanmai-in was established by Hōj ō Masako to commemorate Minamoto no Yoritomo and Sanetomo. The prefectural guide distinguishes its National Treasure pagoda from other protected buildings, including the sutra repository.
金剛峯寺
Kongōbu-ji Temple
The present Kong ōbu-ji developed from the union of Seigan-ji, founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for his mother, and neighboring Kōzan-ji after the Meiji Restoration. Its identity should be distinguished from the broader foundation history of Kōyasan.
金剛證寺
Kongōshō-ji Temple
The temple was revived in 1392 under Butchi Zenji and changed from Shingon to Rinzai affiliation.
金戒光明寺
Konkaikōmyō-ji Temple
The main hall was rebuilt in 1944 after a fire.
籠神社
Kono Shrine
Shrine tradition associates the sanctuary with the deities of Ise and dates its present dedication to 719.
金福寺
Konpuku-ji Temple
The official city account attributes Konpuku-ji’s foundation to An’e in 864.
金泉寺
Konsen-ji Temple
Konsen-ji's origin account attributes its establishment to Gyōki and its name to a well associated with Kūkai. The temple later developed close imperial connections, including a tradition concerning retired Emperor Kameyama.
孝恩寺
Kōon-ji Temple
Kōon-ji was founded in 1655 and absorbed the surviving Kannon-dō of the older Kannon-ji in 1914.
高良大社
Kōra Taisha
The shrine buildings and stone torii received Important Cultural Property designation in 1972.
広隆寺
Kōryū-ji Temple
The temple preserves the crowned Maitreya statue recognized as the first designated National Treasure.
耕三寺
Kōsan-ji Temple
Kōsan-ji Kōsō, a former Osaka businessman, built the temple in gratitude to his mother. Its art museum opened in 1953, and fifteen buildings were registered cultural properties in 2003.
古四王神社
Koshiō Shrine
The shrine association records its promotion to a national minor shrine in April 1882.
居多神社
Kota Shrine
The shrine preserves municipally designated wooden guardian dogs estimated to date from the Kamakura period, together with medieval and early modern shrine documents.
高桐院
Kōtō-in
Hosokawa Tadaoki founded Kōtō-in, a subtemple of Daitoku-ji, in 1601.
琴弾八幡宮
Kotohiki Hachimangū
Kotohiki Hachimang ū’s origin tradition describes a deity arriving by boat while playing a koto in 703. The official tourism association explains its former combined Buddhist and Shinto organization and subsequent connections with the Minamoto family.
金刀比羅宮
Kotohira-gū
Kotohira-g ū’s official history distinguishes its ancient religious origin accounts from later organization as Konpira Daigongen. It records incorporation of Emperor Sutoku’s worship in 1165 and subsequent development under Buddhist and Shinto traditions.
高徳院
Kōtoku-in Temple
According to the temple’s account citing Azuma Kagami, construction of the bronze Great Buddha began in 1252; its original sculptor remains unidentified.
高山寺
Kōzan-ji Temple
Myōe revived Kōzan-ji in 1206 after receiving the site from retired Emperor Go-Toba.
功山寺
Kōzan-ji Temple
The temple’s history dates its foundation as Chōfuku-ji to 1327 and records its protection by the Ashikaga and later Ōuchi lords.
熊谷寺
Kumadani-ji Temple
Kumadani-ji's foundation story links Kūkai and a Kannon image to Kumano Gongen. The association separately records the 1687 gate, the destructive 1927 fire and twentieth-century rebuilding of the main hall.
熊野速玉大社
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
Kumano Hayatama Taisha’s religious origin account links the Kumano deities with nearby Kamikura Mountain and their subsequent worship at the present shrine. Its history describes medieval imperial pilgrimages and the development of Kumano’s syncretic worship.
熊野本宮大社
Kumano Hongū Taisha
Kumano Hongū Taisha preserves an origin tradition concerning divine presence at Ōyunohara. Its official account describes the adoption of Buddhist practices during the Nara period and the shrine’s subsequent history of combined Buddhist and Shinto worship.
熊野那智大社
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha developed within the Nachi mountain pilgrimage landscape and venerates Kumano Fusumi. The religious association describes the shrine’s connection with Nachi Falls and the longstanding combined Buddhist and Shinto worship of the mountain.
熊野神社
Kumano Shrine
The shrine’s account says it was rebuilt in 806 by an imperial command.
久能山東照宮
Kunōzan Tōshō-gū
Tokugawa Hidetada ordered the shrine’s creation at Ieyasu’s burial place following Ieyasu’s death in 1616.
久遠寺
Kuon-ji Temple
Kuonji, the head temple of Nichiren Shu, dates its establishment at Minobu to 1274.
鞍馬寺
Kurama-dera Temple
Kurama-dera became the head temple of Kurama-kōkyō, established in 1947.
櫛田神社
Kushida Shrine
The present shrine buildings were erected when Toyotomi Hideyoshi restored Hakata.
教興寺
Kyōkō-ji Temple
Local tradition credits Hata no Kawakatsu with founding Kyōkō-ji at Prince Shōtoku’s request.
満月寺
Mangetsu-ji Temple
The present Ukimido hall was rebuilt in 1937 and repaired again in 1982.
万寿寺
Manju-ji
Kyoto City’s historical account dates the temple’s origin to the conversion of an imperial residence into Rokujō Midō in 1097. It moved into the Tōfuku-ji area during 1573–1586. Tofukuji’s Aizendo was moved from Manjuji in 1937.
万満寺
Manman-ji Temple
Chiba Mitsutane revived the temple as Manman-ji in 1379, inviting Koten Shūsei from Kamakura’s Zuisen-ji.
萬福寺
Manpuku-ji Temple
Ingen Ryuki founded Manpuku-ji in Uji in 1661, bringing Chinese Zen traditions.
曼殊院
Manshu-in Temple
Prince Ryosho moved Manshuin to its present site and constructed its buildings in 1656.
丸山神社
Maruyama Shrine
The city district newsletter describes a large sword donated to Maruyama Shrine and formerly displayed during Takanawa Shrine’s festival.
真清田神社
Masumida Shrine
Masumida was recognized as Owari Province’s leading shrine during the Heian period.
松尾大社
Matsunoo Taisha
Shrine history dates construction at the present mountain-foot site to 701 under the Hata clan.
明月院
Meigetsu-in
The temple originated as Meigetsu-an in 1159 to memorialize Shudō Toshimichi. It took the name Meigetsu-in when Uesugi Norikata expanded Zenkō-ji in 1380.
和布刈神社
Mekari Shrine
The shrine’s founding tradition attributes its establishment to Empress Jingu after she visited this coast.
壬生寺
Mibu-dera
Kaiken founded Mibudera in 991.
園城寺
Mii-dera Temple
The temple’s origin account credits Prince Yota with donating land to commemorate his father, Emperor Kobun.
三室戸寺
Mimuroto-ji Temple
The present main hall was completed in 1814 through Hōnyo’s reconstruction project, more than thirty years after planning began.
南法華寺
Minamihokke-ji Temple
The foundation tradition attributes the temple’s origin in 703 to Benki’s mountain practice and the enshrinement of a Kannon image associated with his crystal jar.
水無瀬神宮
Minase Jingū
The shrine occupies the site of retired Emperor Go-Toba’s Minase villa and grew from worship of his memorial image.
湊川神社
Minatogawa Shrine
Tokugawa Mitsukuni erected a memorial stone for Kusunoki Masashige here in 1692.
三嶋大社
Mishima Taisha
The shrine traces its rice-planting ritual to the Heian period and describes its later development into a kyogen-style performance.
三瀧寺
Mitaki-dera Temple
The 1945 atomic bombing damaged the temple buildings; after temporary repairs, the main hall was rebuilt in 1968.
宮地嶽神社
Miyajidake Shrine
The shrine’s tradition links its origin to Empress Jingu’s prayers before sailing, and to the subsequent enshrinement of her and two accompanying deities.
宮﨑神宮
Miyazaki Jingū
The present shrine buildings were completed in 1907, using Sano cedar from the Hyūga region.
盛岡八幡宮
Morioka Hachimangū
Nanbu Shigenobu established the shrine in 1680. The present shrine building was rebuilt in December 1997.
本山寺
Motoyama-ji Temple
Motoyama-ji's origin account attributes its establishment to Kūkai in 807. The association describes its dedication to Batō Kannon and records that its five-story pagoda was rebuilt in 1910 after deterioration.
毛越寺
Mōtsū-ji Temple
The present main hall, designed in a Heian-period style, was built in 1989.
宗像大社
Munakata Taisha
The Hetsumiya main sanctuary dates to 1578 and its worship hall to 1590.
室生寺
Murō-ji Temple
Murō-ji’s development was overseen by Shūen of Kōfuku-ji around the transition from the Nara to Heian period.
陸奥国分寺
Mutsu Kokubun-ji Temple
Date Masamune rebuilt the Yakushidō on the former lecture-hall site in October 1607.
妙法院
Myōhō-in Temple
The temple kitchen is attributed to construction around 1595 under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
妙本寺
Myōhon-ji Temple
Tradition attributes Myōhon-ji’s foundation in 1260 to Hiki Yoshimoto, who built a memorial hall for his family and donated it to Nichiren.
妙国寺
Myōkoku-ji Temple
The official tourism account attributes Myōkoku-ji’s foundation to Nikkō in 1562.
明王院
Myōō-in Temple
Under the protection of the Fukuyama Mizuno lords, the former Jōfuku-ji was combined with their Myōō-in prayer temple and adopted the Myōō-in name.
妙立寺
Myōryū-ji Temple
In 1643, Maeda Toshitsune ordered the relocation of the castle prayer chapel and founded the temple at its present vicinity.
妙心寺
Myōshin-ji Temple
Emperor Hanazono converted his villa into Myoshinji in 1337 with Kanzan Egen as founding priest.
明通寺
Myōtsū-ji Temple
Temple tradition credits Sakanoue no Tamuramaro with establishing Myotsuji in 806 following a revelatory dream.
長田神社
Nagata Shrine
During the Heian period, Nagata was one of eighty-five shrines designated for prayers for rain.
那古寺
Nago-dera Temple
The Tahōtō pagoda was built in the middle Edo period and preserves a separate Shaka image made in 1609.
中山寺
Nakayama-dera Temple
Temple tradition attributes Nakayama-dera’s foundation to Prince Shōtoku.
波上宮
Naminoue Shrine
After wartime damage, the main sanctuary and office were rebuilt in 1953 and the worship hall in 1961. A further rebuilding was completed in 1993, followed by precinct works in 1994.
南宮大社
Nangū Taisha
Tokugawa Iemitsu restored the shrine in 1642 after its destruction in 1600.
南禅寺
Nanzen-ji Temple
Nanzenji was established in 1291 at Emperor Kameyama’s former villa with Mukan Fumon as founding abbot.
成田山新勝寺
Narita-san
The current temple bell was cast by Katori Masahiko to commemorate the new Great Main Hall in 1968.
根来寺
Negoro-ji Temple
Negoro-ji developed from Kakuban’s religious and teaching work and later became a major center of Shingon learning. Much of the complex burned during Hideyoshi’s 1585 campaign; major halls were subsequently rebuilt with Tokugawa support.
根津神社
Nezu Shrine
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi donated the present site and commissioned new buildings, completed for the 1706 transfer from Sendagi.
日本寺
Nihon-ji Temple
The temple’s account says Minamoto no Yoritomo rebuilt its Yakushi hall in 1181.
日光東照宮
Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Tokugawa Ieyasu was enshrined here in 1617; Tokugawa Iemitsu rebuilt the complex into its present ornate form in 1636.
仁和寺
Ninna-ji Temple
Emperor Uda completed Ninnaji’s main hall in 888, continuing Emperor Koko’s project.
西本願寺
Nishi Hongan-ji Temple
Hongan-ji moved to its present Rokujō Horikawa site in 1591 after Toyotomi Hideyoshi donated land.
仁科神明宮
Nishina Shinmei Shrine
The main sanctuary, connecting tsuriya and central gate were constructed in 1636. The shrine’s initial foundation date is unknown.
西宮神社
Nishinomiya Shrine
During Tokugawa Ietsuna’s rule, the shrine received rights to print deity images, helping spread Ebisu worship.
二尊院
Nison-in Temple
Suminokura Ryoi donated the present main gate, relocated from Fushimi Castle, in 1613.
覚王山日泰寺
Nittai-ji Temple
Nittaiji was established in 1904 as a joint Buddhist temple following the Thai king’s gift of Buddha relics to Japan.
丹生官省符神社
Niukanshōfu Shrine
The shrine attributes its establishment to Kūkai and stands at the entrance to the Kōyasan Chōishi-michi pilgrimage route. This foundation account is retained as shrine tradition.
丹生川上神社
Niukawakami Shrine
The association records an imperial rain-prayer offering in 763 and a clear-weather prayer offering in 775 at the shrine.
丹生都比売神社
Niutsuhime Shrine
Niutsuhime Shrine’s origin account connects its goddess with the land of Kii and the later establishment of Kōyasan. The shrine presents these early episodes as its religious tradition.
乃木神社
Nogi Shrine
Nogi Shrine’s enshrinement ceremony took place on November 1, 1923; its sanctuary was rebuilt in 1962 after wartime destruction.
野宮神社
Nonomiya Shrine
Nonomiya served as a purification residence for imperial priestesses preparing to travel to Ise.
大縣神社
Ōagata Shrine
Tokugawa Mitsutomo rebuilt the current shrine buildings in 1661.
大洗磯前神社
Ōarai Isosaki Shrine
The present main sanctuary, worship hall and guardian gate were completed in 1730 after construction began in 1690.
大麻比古神社
Ōasahiko Shrine
Ōasahiko Shrine’s origin tradition concerns the introduction of hemp cultivation to Awa and worship of its guardian deity. Its official history separately records the Meiji rebuilding and completion of roof restoration in 2022.
大船観音寺
Ōfuna Kannon Temple
Construction of the large Kannon image resumed in 1957 after a long suspension, and its completion ceremony took place in 1960.
大神山神社
Ōgamiyama Shrine
Ōgamiyama Shrine developed separate winter and summer worship locations. Its official history records relocation of the winter shrine to present-day Odaka in 1653 and later Meiji-period reorganization linking the main shrine and mountain inner shrine.
大原野神社
Ōharano Shrine
Ōharano Shrine began in 784 by inviting deities from Kasuga Shrine when the capital moved to Nagaoka.
岡寺
Oka-dera Temple
Temple tradition credits Gien with founding Oka-dera at Emperor Tenji’s request.
大窪寺
Ōkubo-ji Temple
Ōkubo-ji's origin account connects Gyōki and Kūkai with its sacred spring and Yakushi worship. The association describes its role as the concluding temple of the pilgrimage and later recovery after warfare and fire.
大國魂神社
Ōkunitama Shrine
The shrine’s origin account says it was established in 111 following an oracle of Ōkunitama no Ōkami.
奥之院
Okuno-in Temple
Okunoin is Kōyasan’s Buddhist mausoleum precinct associated with Kūkai. The belief that he remains in eternal meditation here is a religious tradition. Centuries of memorial towers and graves line the approach to his mausoleum.
近江神宮
Ōmi Jingū
Omi Jingu was consecrated in 1940 following the campaign to build a shrine for Emperor Tenji.
大峯山寺
Ōminesan-ji Temple
Ōminesan-ji first appears in documentary records in 905; excavations found evidence of eighth-century religious activity here.
大神神社
Ōmiwa Shrine
The shrine’s origin myth in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki describes Ōmononushi’s spirit being enshrined on Mount Miwa. Worship faces the mountain through the triple torii.
小村神社
Omura Shrine
Omura Shrine preserves an ancient decorated sword as its sacred object. The prefectural tourism authority records the sword’s 1958 National Treasure designation; this material history is distinguished from shrine origin traditions.
大阪天満宮
Ōsaka Tenmangū
Osaka Tenmangū was founded in 949 by order of Emperor Murakami.
大崎八幡宮
Ōsaki Hachimangū
Date Masamune commissioned the present sanctuary complex, constructed from 1604 to 1607.
大須観音
Ōsu Kannon Temple
Tokugawa Ieyasu moved Osu Kannon from Mino to its present location in 1612.
愛宕念仏寺
Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple
The surviving medieval temple buildings were moved to Saga in 1922 to preserve them.
大鳥大社
Ōtori Taisha
The present Ōtori sanctuary was rebuilt in 1909 after an earlier building burned in 1905.
尾山神社
Oyama Shrine
The shrine was established in 1873 on the former Kanaya residence grounds to enshrine Maeda Toshiie.
大和神社
Ōyamato Shrine
The foundation tradition in the Nihon Shoki attributes separate worship of Yamato Ōkunitama to Emperor Sujin’s sixth year; later tradition describes moves before settlement at the present site.
大山祇神社
Oyamazumi Shrine
Ōyamazumi Shrine’s religious tradition connects the deity Ōyamatsumi with mountains, seas and travel. Its official history describes relocation to the present Miyaura site and distinguishes surviving buildings from that early origin account.
頼久寺
Raikyū-ji Temple
The temple’s earliest foundation is unknown. Ashikaga Takauji revived it in 1339 as Bitchū Ankoku-ji; it later took the name Raikyū-ji in memory of Ueno Yorihisa.
楽法寺
Rakuho-ji Temple
An surviving construction plaque dates the temple’s two-story pagoda to 1853.
蓮光寺
Renkō-ji Temple
Renkō-ji is associated with Japan–India remembrance of Subhas Chandra Bose. Suginami’s municipal walking guide describes his memorial in the grounds and the temple’s custodial role regarding the remains attributed to him.
輪王寺
Rinnō-ji Temple
The temple’s treasure museum opened in 1983.
頂法寺
Rokkaku-dō Temple
Ikebana developed during the Muromachi period from practices including flowers offered before Buddhist images.
六波羅蜜寺
Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple
Kuya established the temple in 951; after his death, Chushin expanded it.
廬山寺
Rozan-ji Temple
The present main hall and memorial hall were built in 1794 using buildings relocated from the Sento Imperial Palace.
瑠璃光寺
Rurikō-ji Temple
Rurikō-ji moved from Niho to the current site in 1690. The surviving five-story pagoda was completed in 1442 for the earlier Kōshaku-ji temple.
龍安寺
Ryōan-ji Temple
Hosokawa Katsumoto founded Ryōan-ji in 1450 on a former villa estate.
霊山寺
Ryōsen-ji Temple
The foundation tradition links a healing bath and Emperor Shōmu’s daughter’s recovery to an imperial order establishing the temple in 734.
霊山神社
Ryōzen Shrine
The shrine commemorates four members of the Kitabatake family associated with the Southern Court.
霊山寺
Ryōzen-ji Temple
The association traces Ryōzen-ji's origins to Gyōki in the Tenpyō era and links its first-stop status to Kūkai. Its history records later destruction and reconstruction, including fires in 1582 and 1891.
龍口寺
Ryūkō-ji Temple
Fujisawa designated the temple’s main hall, gate and five-story pagoda as municipal important cultural properties on 1 October 2021.
佐太神社
Sada Shrine
The shrine was ranked as a national small shrine in 1928 following a restoration movement supported by local worshippers.
酒見寺
Sagami-ji Temple
Sagami-ji’s surviving tahōtō pagoda was rebuilt in 1662 after warfare had destroyed the precincts.
西大寺
Saidai-ji Temple
Empress Shōtoku established Saidai-ji in 765, following her earlier pledge to commission Four Heavenly Kings images during the Nakamaro rebellion.
西芳寺
Saihō-ji Temple
Saihō-ji introduced visits by advance application in 1977.
寒川神社
Samukawa Shrine
Kantakeyama Shin’en, the garden behind the main sanctuary, opened in August 2009.
三宝院
Sanbō-in Temple
Daigoji’s fourteenth abbot Shokaku established Sanboin in 1115.
三仏寺
Sanbutsu-ji Temple
Sanbutsu-ji explicitly distinguishes the traditional foundation attributed to En no Gy ōja from building evidence. Its account cites dendrochronological dating of Nageire-d ō to the late Heian period rather than treating its miraculous construction legend as fact.
三十三間堂
Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
Sanjusangendo was established in 1164 through Emperor Go-Shirakawa’s initiative and Taira no Kiyomori’s donation.
山王神社
Sannō Shrine
Sanno Shrine was damaged by the Nagasaki atomic bombing on 9 August 1945.
国分寺
Sanuki Kokubun-ji Temple
Sanuki Kokubun-ji belongs to the provincial-temple tradition associated with Emperor Shōmu and Gyōki. The association describes preserved ancient foundations and the medieval main hall, distinguishing them from the original eighth-century structures.
三千院
Sanzen-in Temple
The temple adopted the name Sanzenin in 1871 from an imperial inscription at the Kajii residence.
猿賀神社
Saruga Shrine
The surviving main sanctuary dates to 1826.
西寒多神社
Sasamuta Shrine
Ōtomo Chikayo moved the shrine from Mount Hongū to its present foothill location in 1408. It was ranked as a national middle shrine in 1871.
佐助稲荷神社
Sasuke Inari Shrine
Previously a subsidiary shrine of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Sasuke Inari became an independent shrine in 1909.
青岸渡寺
Seiganto-ji Temple
Seiganto-ji’s origin tradition concerns the monk Ragyō practicing beside Nachi Falls and finding a Kannon image. The pilgrimage association identifies it as a Tendai temple and the first stop of the Saikoku 33 pilgrimage.
清白寺
Seihaku-ji Temple
The temple attributes its foundation in 1333 to Ashikaga Takauji with Muso Soseki as founding abbot.
晴明神社
Seimei Shrine
The present Seimei Shrine main sanctuary was built in 1905.
青蓮寺
Seiren-ji
Seiren-ji formed from the merger of two former Hōan-ji subtemples during the early Meiji anti-Buddhist movement.
清凉寺
Seiryō-ji Temple
The main hall’s rebuilt frame was raised in 1701, following restoration work begun in 1694.
青龍寺
Seiryū-ji Temple
The Shōwa Daibutsu bronze seated Buddha was completed in 1984; the five-story wooden pagoda followed in 1996.
仙台東照宮
Sendai Tōshō-gū
Date Tadamune, the second Sendai lord, founded this Tōshōgū in 1654.
泉岳寺
Sengaku-ji Temple
Tokugawa Ieyasu founded Sengaku-ji in Soto Sakurada in 1612; it moved to Takanawa after the 1641 fire.
千光寺
Senkō Temple
The present main hall was constructed in 1686 using a stage-like hillside form; the altar dates to approximately 1394–1440.
泉涌寺
Sennyū-ji Temple
Shunjo began rebuilding the temple according to Song Chinese models in 1218; the name Sennyuji came from a spring on the site.
柴又帝釈天
Shibamata Taishakuten
Daikyō-ji was established in 1629 with Nitchū of Nakayama Hokekyō-ji honored as its founding teacher.
賀茂御祖神社
Shimogamo Shrine
The Kamo Saiin institution began in 810 and continued for about four centuries.
新薬師寺
Shin-Yakushi-ji Temple
Empress Kōmyō established Shin-Yakushi-ji in 747 to pray for Emperor Shōmu’s recovery.
神泉苑
Shinsen-en
Emperor Kanmu built the imperial garden that preceded Shinsenen in 794.
真正極楽寺
Shinshōgokuraku-ji Temple
The temple chronology dates an imperial decree for Shinnyodo and the establishment of its buildings to 992.
真宗大谷派函館別院
Shinshū Ōtani-ha Hakodate Betsu-in Temple
The present main hall was rebuilt in 1915 using reinforced concrete after repeated fires.
鹽竈神社
Shiogama Shrine
The present shrine buildings were completed in 1704 under Sendai lord Date Yoshimura.
白鬚神社
Shirahige Shrine
The shrine’s own account attributes its creation or restoration to Princess Yamatohime during Emperor Suinin’s reign.
白峯神宮
Shiramine Jingū
Shiramine Jingū was established on the former Asukai family estate in 1868.
白水阿弥陀堂
Shiramizu Amida-dō
The temple dates the Shiramizu Amida Hall to 1160.
白山比咩神社
Shirayama Hime Shrine
The shrine’s chronology dates the consecration of its present main sanctuary to 1770.
四天王寺
Shitennō-ji Temple
The temple associates its foundation with Prince Shōtoku in 593.
倭文神社
Shitori Shrine
Shitori Shrine states that its founding date is unknown. Its religious tradition concerns Shitateruhime arriving from Izumo, while the shrine’s name is connected with local weaving and the deity Takehazuchi.
静岡浅間神社
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
The present shrine complex was rebuilt in a project beginning in 1804 that lasted more than sixty years.
正福寺
Shōfuku-ji Temple
The temple’s foundation tradition links Hōjō Tokimune’s recovery from illness to an encounter with Jizō in a dream.
聖福寺
Shōfuku-ji Temple
Eisai founded Shofukuji in 1195 on land provided by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
聖福寺
Shōfuku-ji Temple
Tesshin Dohan, a second-generation disciple of Ingen, founded this Obaku temple in Nagasaki.
聖護院
Shōgo-in Temple
Shogoin was rebuilt at its present site in 1676 after earlier fires and relocations.
相国寺
Shōkoku-ji Temple
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu’s Shokokuji complex was completed in 1392 after about a decade of construction.
正念寺
Shonenji Temple, Takachiho
The temple’s head priest reports succeeding as its seventeenth priest in 2000; he describes building a new temple lodge to introduce visitors to local culture and Buddhism.
青蓮院
Shōren-in Temple
Shōren-in developed from Shōrenbō, an early Heian monastic residence on Mount Hiei, into a Tendai monzeki temple.
春光院
Shunkō-in
Horio Yoshiharu established Shunkoin in 1590 in memory of his son Kinsuke.
崇福寺
Sōfuku-ji Temple
The temple’s history cites a 1390 record of Taihaku Shingen taking the founding abbot’s position.
崇福寺
Sōfuku-ji Temple
Sofukuji was founded in 1240. Its gate was transferred from Fukuoka Castle in 1918.
崇福寺
Sōfuku-ji Temple
Chozen, a monk arriving from China, founded Sofukuji in 1629 at the request of Chinese residents from Fuzhou.
總持寺
Sōji-ji Temple
The relocated Tsurumi temple held its major transfer ceremony on November 5, 1911, 591 years after the original Noto foundation.
総見院
Sōken-in
Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Sokenin to commemorate Oda Nobunaga after his death at Honnoji.
摠見寺
Sōken-ji
The current provisional main hall was built in 1932 on the former Tokugawa Ieyasu residence site.
杉本寺
Sugimoto-dera Temple
The temple tradition says its three Kannon images escaped a fire beneath a cedar, inspiring the name Sugimoto, meaning below the cedar.
水天宮
Suitengū
Arima Yorinori brought Suitengū worship to his Edo residence in 1818. The shrine moved to Nihonbashi Kakigarachō in 1872 and completed new buildings in 2016.
住吉神社
Sumiyoshi Shrine
The shrine recounts a history exceeding 1,800 years and describes its traditional position as the earliest Sumiyoshi shrine.
住吉大社
Sumiyoshi Taisha
Shrine tradition associates its foundation in 211 with Empress Jingū’s return voyage.
鎮西大社諏訪神社
Suwa Shrine
The shrine’s current restoration appeal identifies its main sanctuary as a building constructed in 1869.
諏訪大社上社本宮
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Honmiya
Honmiya’s present shrine buildings were completed in 1838.
諏訪大社上社前宮
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya
Maemiya’s present main hall was built in 1932 using materials from Ise.
諏訪大社下社秋宮
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya
Akimiya’s ritual and worship halls were completed in 1781.
諏訪大社下社春宮
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Harumiya
Harumiya’s Edo-period rebuilding was completed in 1780.
橘寺
Tachibana-dera Temple
The temple’s foundation date is unknown; its first recorded mention is in 680. Its surviving main hall was rebuilt during the Edo period.
多度大社
Tado Taisha
The shrine chronology records an imperial rank award in 782.
多賀大社
Taga Taisha
Shrine tradition links Chogen’s longevity prayer at Taga with his later reconstruction of Todaiji.
田縣神社
Tagata Shrine
Tagata Shrine appears in the Engishiki compiled in 927; the shrine states that its actual foundation date is uncertain.
太平寺
Taihei-ji Temple
The temple estimates that its foundation was nearly four centuries ago.
大宝寺
Taihō-ji Temple
Daihō-ji's foundation account concerns two hunters and a Kannon image, followed by imperial establishment in 701. The association links a later visit by Kūkai with its adoption of Shingon practice and midpoint pilgrimage role.
當麻寺
Taima-dera Temple
The temple’s foundation tradition attributes its establishment in Kawachi to Prince Maroko in 612, before a later move to the present Taima site.
太山寺
Taisan-ji Temple
The main hall was reconstructed during 1293–1299 after a fire in 1285.
太山寺
Taisan-ji Temple
Taisan-ji's foundation legend concerns the merchant Mano Chōja surviving a storm and constructing a hall in gratitude to Kannon. The association presents the overnight-building account as temple tradition.
大石寺
Taiseki-ji Temple
Nikko founded Taisekiji in 1290 with Nanjo Tokimitsu as patron.
太融寺
Taiyū-ji Temple
Taiyū-ji’s buildings burned during the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615 and were rebuilt during the Genroku era.
高瀬神社
Takase Shrine
The shrine was ranked as a prefectural shrine in 1873 and advanced to the national small-shrine rank in 1923.
多家神社
Take Shrine
The shrine was built at its present site in 1874 after merging Sōsha and Matsuzaki Hachiman. Fire destroyed the sanctuary in 1915, sparing the treasure storehouse; reconstruction followed in 1922.
武田神社
Takeda Shrine
Takeda Shrine’s buildings were completed in 1919, and its first annual festival was held on Shingen’s death anniversary.
竹駒神社
Takekoma Inari Shrine
The shrine’s account attributes its foundation in 842 to Ono no Takamura when he arrived as governor of Mutsu.
玉前神社
Tamasaki Shrine
The shrine appears as a Myōjin Taisha in the Heian-period Engishiki shrine register. Fires during the Eiroku era destroyed many buildings and records, leaving its precise origin uncertain.
談山神社
Tanzan Shrine
The shrine’s place-name tradition associates its hill with secret discussions by Prince Naka no Ōe and Nakatomi no Kamatari before the events of 645.
龍田大社
Tatsuta Shrine
The shrine attributes its origins to an oracle received by Emperor Sujin during crop failure and epidemic. This is explicitly shrine tradition. Its wind deities are Ame no Mihashira and Kuni no Mihashira.
忉利天上寺
Tenjō-ji Temple
Temple tradition attributes its foundation in 646 to Hōdō Sennin.
天王寺
Tennō-ji Temple
The temple took its present name, Gokokuzan Tennō-ji, in 1833 after earlier being known as Chōyōzan Kannō-ji.
天龍寺
Tenryū-ji Temple
Tenryuji was founded in 1339 to commemorate Emperor Go-Daigo and those who died in the conflict between the two imperial courts.
天孫神社
Tenson Shrine
The shrine took its current name, Tenson Jinja, in the early Meiji period.
天徳寺
Tentoku-ji Temple
Tentoku-ji moved from Hitachi to Akita with the Satake clan and preserves its successive lords’ mausoleum.
照国神社
Terukuni Shrine
The shrine received its deity name in 1863 and completed its buildings in 1864. After wartime destruction in 1945, the main sanctuary was rebuilt in 1958 and the worship hall in 1963.
東寺
Tō-ji Temple
Toji was established in 796 as an official temple to protect the new imperial capital.
東福寺
Tōfuku-ji Temple
Kujo Michiie’s temple complex was completed in 1255 after construction began in 1236.
砥鹿神社
Toga Shrine
Shrine tradition places the creation of the lower Satomiya in the Taiho era,701–704, as a counterpart to the summit shrine.
戸隠神社
Togakushi Shrine
Togakushi’s formerly combined Buddhist and Shinto worship was reorganized as shrine worship during the early Meiji separation of the religions.
桃巌寺
Tōgan-ji Temple
The large bronze Nagoya Buddha was erected in 1987.
東郷神社
Tōgō Shrine
The shrine was created to commemorate Tōgō Heihachirō following public requests and donations after his death in 1934.
等持院
Tōji-in Temple
Ashikaga Takauji established Tojiin in 1341 with Muso Soseki as founding master.
東慶寺
Tōkei-ji Temple
Tōkei-ji was founded in 1285 and became known as a refuge where women could obtain divorce.
常磐神社
Tokiwa Shrine
The shrine received the name Tokiwa Jinja in 1873 and moved into new buildings at its present site in 1874.
所澤神明社
Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine
The present sanctuary was built in 1902; a large cypress worship hall was completed in 1934.
富岡八幡宮
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
The shrine’s account traces its foundation on Eitai Island to 1627. Surrounding sandbars were reclaimed for the shrine and community.
国分寺
Tosa Kokubun-ji Temple
Tosa Kokubun-ji belongs to the provincial-temple tradition associated with Emperor Shōmu. The association attributes its opening to Gyōki in 741 and describes its place in Tosa's early religious and administrative landscape.
土佐神社
Tosa Shrine
Tosa Shrine has long served as Tosa’s principal shrine. The prefectural tourism guide attributes the surviving shrine buildings to Ch ōsokabe Motochika’s reconstruction and identifies their distinctive dragonfly-shaped architectural arrangement.
唐招提寺
Tōshōdai-ji Temple
Ganjin founded Tōshōdai-ji in 759 as a centre of Buddhist precept teaching.
豊川稲荷
Toyokawa Inari
Tokai Gieki founded Myogonji, commonly called Toyokawa Inari, as a Soto temple in 1441.
豊国神社
Toyokuni Shrine
The present Toyokuni Shrine was established in 1880 and enshrines Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
陶山神社
Tōzan Shrine
The shrine was established as Arita Sarayama’s communal Hachiman shrine in the first year of Manji,1658. It took the name Tozan Shrine in 1871.
東禅寺
Tōzen-ji Temple
Founded in 1610 at Soto Sakurada, Tōzen-ji moved to its present Takanawa site in 1636.
椿大神社
Tsubaki Grand Shrine
Shrine tradition attributes its establishment to an oracle received by Yamatohime during Emperor Suinin’s reign.
築地本願寺
Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple
Founded near Asakusa in 1617, the temple rebuilt on reclaimed land after the 1657 fire. Its present main hall was completed in 1934.
都農神社
Tsuno Shrine
Following deterioration of the earlier shrine, a rebuilding association was formed in 2002, and the present buildings were completed on 7 July 2007.
鶴岡八幡宮
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Minamoto no Yoritomo moved the shrine to the present vicinity in 1180. Following a 1191 fire, he reconstructed it in the upper and lower shrine arrangement.
津島神社
Tsushima Shrine
Toyotomi Hideyoshi donated the shrine’s two-storey gate in 1591.
宇倍神社
Ube Shrine
Ube Shrine attributes its foundation in 648 to its traditional history. It enshrines Takenouchi no Sukune; the official account separately dates the present buildings to 1898 and describes their depiction on Japanese banknotes.
宇太水分神社
Uda Mikumari Shrine
The three Kamakura-period main sanctuaries were designated National Treasures on March 20, 1954; two subsidiary shrine buildings received Important Cultural Property designations.
鵜戸神宮
Udo Jingū
The present main sanctuary was rebuilt in 1711 and underwent major repairs in 1889, 1968 and 1996. The source distinguishes this documented building history from uncertain ancient foundation stories.
上野東照宮
Ueno Tōshō-gū
Ueno Tōshōgū was founded in 1627 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu.
宇治神社
Uji Shrine
Uji Shrine’s present main sanctuary dates to the early Kamakura period.
宇治上神社
Ujigami Shrine
The shrine’s origin story connects its foundation with the burial of Prince Uji no Wakiiratsuko.
梅宮大社
Umenomiya Taisha
Shrine tradition attributes its origins to Tachibana no Michiyo and its move here to Empress Danrin.
宇佐神宮
Usa Jingū
The shrine tradition dates Hachiman’s manifestation at Usa to 571 and construction of his first shrine hall to 725.
鷲宮神社
Washinomiya Shrine
The shrine’s origin story attributes its beginnings to Ame-no-Hohi and his son Takehinatori leading an Izumo group to establish a sanctuary.
度津神社
Watatsu Shrine
The shrine is one of Sado’s nine shrines listed in the 927 Engishiki register. The tourism account attributes its relocation to a 1470 flood, while noting that its earlier origins remain unclear.
彌彦神社
Yahiko Shrine
After a major fire destroyed the shrine buildings in 1912, contributions supported their reconstruction in 1916.
薬王寺
Yakuō-ji Temple
Yakuō-ji's origin account attributes its foundation to Gyōki and links its protection prayers to Kūkai. Its steps and halls are associated with traditional ages of misfortune; later fire and rebuilding form part of its history.
八栗寺
Yakuri-ji Temple
Yakuriji's founding and name traditions connect Kūkai with five swords and eight chestnuts that sprouted. The association records later destruction and Edo-period rebuilding; the miraculous elements remain explicitly attributed religious narratives.
薬師寺
Yakushi-ji Temple
Yakushi-ji’s Kondō was reconstructed in 1976 as part of the modern restoration of its temple buildings. It houses the National Treasure Yakushi triad.
立石寺
Yama-dera Temple
Matsuo Bashō visited the temple in 1689 during the journey recorded in Oku no Hosomichi.
金剛寺
Yasaka Kōshin-dō Temple
Kongō-ji, also called Yasaka Kōshin-dō, has an uncertain foundation date and a long Kōshin worship tradition.
八坂神社
Yasaka Shrine
Competing foundation traditions describe origins in 656 or 876.
八坂寺
Yasaka-ji Temple
Yasaka-ji's origin tradition connects it with En no Gyōja and construction under Emperor Monmu in 701. The association explains its name through the opening of eight hillside approaches and the wish for continued prosperity.
屋島寺
Yashima-ji Temple
Yashima-ji's origin account concerns Ganjin and a temple on Yashima's northern ridge. It links a later relocation to Kūkai and describes the present medieval hall and principal image separately from that early tradition.
靖国神社
Yasukuni Shrine
The shrine began as Tokyo Shōkonsha in 1869 and was renamed Yasukuni Jinja in 1879.
八代宮
Yatsushiro-gū
The municipal museum distinguishes an 1880 plan to build the shrine in the castle’s main enclosure from its actual enshrinement in 1884.
吉田神社
Yoshida Shrine
Fujiwara no Yamakage established Yoshida Shrine in 859 by inviting the Kasuga deities from Nara.
善峯寺
Yoshimine-dera Temple
Gensan established Yoshiminedera in 1029, enshrining a thousand-armed Kannon he had carved.
吉水神社
Yoshimizu Shrine
The former Yoshimizu-in religious residence was renamed Yoshimizu Shrine in 1875 following the separation of Shinto and Buddhism.
吉野神宮
Yoshino Jingū
Emperor Meiji established Yoshino Jingū in 1889 to enshrine Emperor Go-Daigo. The present shrine buildings were reconstructed in 1932.
吉野水分神社
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine
Toyotomi Hideyori rebuilt the present shrine buildings in 1604. Their Momoyama-period architectural ensemble is designated an Important Cultural Property.
湯島天満宮
Yushima Tenmangū
The present cypress-built sanctuary was completed in 1995.
柞原八幡宮
Yusuhara Hachimangū
The shrine was raised to the national small-shrine rank in 1916.
祐徳稲荷神社
Yūtoku Inari Shrine
Kazanin Manko established Yutoku Inari in 1687 by enshrining a divided spirit of Inari.
銭洗弁財天宇賀福神社
Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
Previously a subsidiary shrine of Yasaka Shrine in Ōgigayatsu, it became independent and adopted its present name in 1970.
禅師峰寺
Zenjibu-ji Temple
Zenjibu-ji's origin account concerns Gyōki's prayers for safe sea travel and later practice by Kūkai. Its hilltop location above Tosa Bay remains connected with worship for protection at sea.
善光寺
Zenkō-ji Temple
The present main hall was completed in 1707 after the fire of 1700 and a nationwide fundraising tour.
善楽寺
Zenraku-ji Temple
Zenraku-ji's founding account links it to Kūkai and the neighboring Tosa shrine. The association records its restoration in 1929 after the separation of Buddhism and Shinto and the resolution of pilgrimage status in 1994.
善通寺
Zentsū-ji Temple
Zentsū-ji's origin account links Kūkai, his father's donated land and a temple modeled on Chang'an's Qinglong Temple. Zentsū-ji and Tanjō-in operated separately until their Meiji-period union; it is now a Shingon head temple.
善養寺
Zenyōmitsu-ji Temple
The temple’s large kaya tree was designated a Tokyo natural monument in 1964.
増上寺
Zōjō-ji Temple
Zōjō-ji moved to its present Shiba location in 1598 after becoming the Tokugawa family temple in 1590.
瑞巌寺
Zuigan-ji Temple
Date Masamune’s rebuilding project was completed in 1609 after five years of work.
瑞龍寺
Zuiryū-ji Temple
Maeda Toshitsune established the temple to commemorate Toshinaga; the principal complex was completed in 1663 after roughly twenty years of construction.
瑞泉寺
Zuisen-ji Temple
Musō Soseki founded the temple in 1327 in the scenic Momijigayatsu valley.
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