🏯 Places of Worship
Temples, shrines and churches around the world, with their histories and visitor accounts.
三重県
京都府
三十三間堂
Formally the main hall of Rengeoin, its length of some 120 m…
仁和寺
Completed in 888, the temple came to be called 'the Omuro Pa…
伏見稲荷大社
The head shrine of the roughly thirty thousand Inari shrines…
Principal deity: お稲荷さん（宇迦之御魂神）
南禅寺
The head temple of the Rinzai Nanzenji school, placed in its…
天龍寺
The head temple of the Rinzai Tenryuji school, founded in 13…
東寺
A state temple raised in 796 east of the Rashomon gate of th…
清水寺
A temple of the Kannon on the middle slopes of Kyoto's easte…
Principal deity: 十一面観音菩薩
醍醐寺
The head temple of the Shingon Daigo school, begun in 874 wh…
金閣寺
Formally named Rokuonji; the 'Golden Pavilion' is its sharid…
Principal deity: アミターバ仏（阿弥陀仏）
銀閣寺
Formally named Jishoji; the 'Silver Pavilion' is its Kannon …
龍安寺
The garden of the abbot's quarters—no more than fifteen ston…
千葉県
大阪府
奈良県
元興寺
A temple moved to this site from Asuka with the transfer of …
唐招提寺
The head temple of the Ritsu school, where the Chinese monk …
室生寺
An ancient Shingon temple whose halls climb the mountainside…
当麻寺
An ancient temple at the eastern foot of Mount Nijo, the onl…
新薬師寺
Tradition holds that the temple was founded in 747 by Empres…
春日大社
An ancient shrine traditionally founded in 768, dedicated to…
東大寺
The head temple of the Kegon school, erected in the Nara per…
Principal deity: 大仏（盧舎那仏）
法隆寺
Traditionally founded in 607 under Empress Suiko, the main h…
興福寺
The head temple of the Hosso school, which flourished as the…
Principal deity: 阿弥陀仏
薬師寺
The head temple of the Hosso school, founded at Asuka at the…
