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List of Famous Temples
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Shimokita Peninsula
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Sacred mountain resembling Buddhist hell.
User rating: 97/100 (6 votes) - Visited by: 8 users
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Hiraizumi
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Temple famous for its Pure Land Garden.
User rating: 85/100 (15 votes) - Visited by: 32 users
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Hiraizumi's most famous temple.
User rating: 83/100 (26 votes) - Visited by: 49 users
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Temple constructed at the foot of a cliff.
User rating: 89/100 (7 votes) - Visited by: 14 users
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Dewa Sanzan
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Temples known for Buddhist mummies.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 8 users
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Sendai
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Date family temple with outstanding garden.
User rating: 69/100 (19 votes) - Visited by: 33 users
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Matsushima
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One of Tohoku's most famous Zen temples.
User rating: 78/100 (58 votes) - Visited by: 89 users
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Small temple hall and symbol of Matsushima.
User rating: 70/100 (33 votes) - Visited by: 56 users
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Mausoleum of a lord's son, next to Zuiganji.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 10 users
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Nikko
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Nikko's most important temple.
User rating: 86/100 (209 votes) - Visited by: 343 users
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Ikaho
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Temple famous for udon noodles.
User rating: 69/100 (7 votes) - Visited by: 11 users
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Kawagoe
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Featuring a former building of Edo Castle.
User rating: 77/100 (32 votes) - Visited by: 61 users
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Narita
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Popular temple, not far from Narita Airport.
User rating: 80/100 (85 votes) - Visited by: 153 users
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Tokyo
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Large temple in the Asakusa district.
User rating: 86/100 (483 votes) - Visited by: 850 users
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Site of the 47 ronin's graveyard.
User rating: 81/100 (160 votes) - Visited by: 323 users
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Buddhist temple at the base of Tokyo Tower.
User rating: 81/100 (172 votes) - Visited by: 324 users
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Kamakura
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Large bronze Buddha Statue.
User rating: 90/100 (467 votes) - Visited by: 797 users
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Attractive temple with views over Kamakura.
User rating: 89/100 (196 votes) - Visited by: 371 users
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Second most important Zen temple.
User rating: 83/100 (154 votes) - Visited by: 322 users
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Kamakura's most important Zen temple.
User rating: 83/100 (117 votes) - Visited by: 236 users
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Temple founded by Nichiren himself.
User rating: 82/100 (73 votes) - Visited by: 177 users
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Zen temple famous for its gardens.
User rating: 80/100 (60 votes) - Visited by: 149 users
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Third most important Zen temple.
User rating: 78/100 (55 votes) - Visited by: 138 users
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Temple of the Nichiren sect.
User rating: 77/100 (52 votes) - Visited by: 127 users
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Former refuge for abused wives.
User rating: 77/100 (72 votes) - Visited by: 166 users
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Fourth most important Zen temple.
User rating: 75/100 (67 votes) - Visited by: 156 users
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Nagano
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Very popular temple of Nagano.
User rating: 85/100 (99 votes) - Visited by: 165 users
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Nagoya
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Popular temple in central Nagoya.
User rating: 75/100 (84 votes) - Visited by: 140 users
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Gujo
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Zen temple with beautiful garden.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 8 users
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Noto Peninsula
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Nice temple complex with a five storied pagoda.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 0 users
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Former head temple of the Zen Soto sect.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 0 users
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Fukui
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A center of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
User rating: 83/100 (30 votes) - Visited by: 50 users
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Kyoto
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Temple famous for its large wooden terrace.
User rating: 95/100 (603 votes) - Visited by: 968 users
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Temple building covered in gold.
User rating: 92/100 (787 votes) - Visited by: 1282 users
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Called moss temple because of its garden.
User rating: 91/100 (26 votes) - Visited by: 65 users
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Temple with 1001 human sized statues.
User rating: 90/100 (259 votes) - Visited by: 417 users
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Beautiful temple not actually covered in silver.
User rating: 86/100 (434 votes) - Visited by: 747 users
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Temple with a beautiful Pure Land Garden.
User rating: 87/100 (163 votes) - Visited by: 321 users
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Rural area famous for Sanzenin Temple.
User rating: 86/100 (47 votes) - Visited by: 103 users
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Zen Temple with famous rock garden.
User rating: 86/100 (318 votes) - Visited by: 554 users
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Built in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
User rating: 84/100 (238 votes) - Visited by: 444 users
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Mountain temple complex of the Tendai sect.
User rating: 84/100 (73 votes) - Visited by: 155 users
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Temple with spectacular autumn leaves.
User rating: 83/100 (146 votes) - Visited by: 250 users
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Large temple with Japan's tallest pagoda.
User rating: 82/100 (212 votes) - Visited by: 376 users
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Zen Temple in the Arashiyama district.
User rating: 82/100 (153 votes) - Visited by: 265 users
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Zen temple with beautiful stone garden.
User rating: 82/100 (171 votes) - Visited by: 304 users
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Famous temple southeast of Kyoto.
User rating: 81/100 (115 votes) - Visited by: 243 users
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Temple turned former imperial residence.
User rating: 81/100 (113 votes) - Visited by: 199 users
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Large Zen temple complex.
User rating: 81/100 (140 votes) - Visited by: 290 users
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Head temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism.
User rating: 81/100 (132 votes) - Visited by: 261 users
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Wooded valley with temples north of Kyoto.
User rating: 79/100 (20 votes) - Visited by: 44 users
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Head temples of the Shin-Jodo sects.
User rating: 78/100 (153 votes) - Visited by: 290 users
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Temple on Kyoto's western mountains.
User rating: 76/100 (11 votes) - Visited by: 27 users
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Headquarters of the Zen Obaku sect.
User rating: 78/100 (26 votes) - Visited by: 64 users
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Osaka
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One of the oldest temples in Japan.
User rating: 81/100 (56 votes) - Visited by: 106 users
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Nara
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Large temple with a big Buddha statue.
User rating: 93/100 (546 votes) - Visited by: 905 users
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The world's oldest wooden buildings.
User rating: 89/100 (236 votes) - Visited by: 438 users
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Large temple in western Nara.
User rating: 86/100 (121 votes) - Visited by: 248 users
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Large temple in western Nara.
User rating: 85/100 (138 votes) - Visited by: 274 users
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Family temple of the Fujiwara Clan.
User rating: 82/100 (231 votes) - Visited by: 399 users
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With beautiful statues of Yakushi and guardians.
User rating: 87/100 (6 votes) - Visited by: 16 users
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Asuka
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Large temple complex on a hillside location.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 0 users
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Considered Japan's oldest Buddhist temple.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 2 users
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Remote temple surrounded by forest.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 1 user
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Yoshino
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Temple ryokan with a beautiful garden.
User rating: 80/100 (8 votes) - Visited by: 18 users
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The most important temple of Yoshino.
User rating: 75/100 (12 votes) - Visited by: 18 users
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Koyasan
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Temple where Kobo Daishi is enshrined.
User rating: 89/100 (81 votes) - Visited by: 126 users
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Head monastery of the Shingon sect.
User rating: 84/100 (72 votes) - Visited by: 116 users
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Koyasan's central temple complex.
User rating: 82/100 (50 votes) - Visited by: 82 users
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Himeji
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Temple mountain featured in "Last Samurai".
User rating: 88/100 (36 votes) - Visited by: 65 users
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Kinosaki Onsen
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Dedicated to the founder of Kinosaki Onsen.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 12 users
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Onomichi
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Unique temple with various attractions.
User rating: insufficient data - Visited by: 7 users
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Yamaguchi
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Features a very beautiful, five-storied pagoda.
User rating: 83/100 (20 votes) - Visited by: 30 users
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Famous for the Zen garden Sesshutei.
User rating: 84/100 (16 votes) - Visited by: 26 users
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Hagi
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Half of the Mori lords are buried here.
User rating: 71/100 (14 votes) - Visited by: 35 users
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Half of the Mori lords are buried here.
User rating: 79/100 (17 votes) - Visited by: 34 users
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Matsuyama
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Temple No. 51 on the Shikoku pilgrimage.
User rating: 70/100 (27 votes) - Visited by: 51 users
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Fukuoka
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Japan's first Zen temple.
User rating: 71/100 (62 votes) - Visited by: 112 users
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Dazaifu
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Temple with a beautiful Zen garden.
User rating: 88/100 (26 votes) - Visited by: 51 users
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The former center of Buddhism in Kyushu.
User rating: 78/100 (25 votes) - Visited by: 48 users
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Nagasaki
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Chinese looking Obaku Zen temple.
User rating: 76/100 (33 votes) - Visited by: 68 users
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Buddhist temple in the Teramachi district.
User rating: 77/100 (42 votes) - Visited by: 84 users
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