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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秋葉山本宮秋葉神社
Akihasan Hongū Akiha Shrine
Shrine tradition dates its foundation on Mount Akiha to 709.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
一乗寺
Ichijō-ji Temple
The temple’s foundation story links Hōdō Sennin and Emperor Kōtoku with its establishment in 650.
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.
松尾大社
Matsunoo Taisha
Shrine history dates construction at the present mountain-foot site to 701 under the Hata clan.
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.
四天王寺
Shitennō-ji Temple
The temple associates its foundation with Prince Shōtoku in 593.
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.
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.
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.
忉利天上寺
Tenjō-ji Temple
Temple tradition attributes its foundation in 646 to Hōdō Sennin.
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