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Health & Longevity — we introduce shrines, temples, nature spots, and sacred sites said to grant this blessing. Offer your prayers at these revered places where people have gathered since ancient times.
Miidera Temple (Onjoji)
Miidera (Onjoji), in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, is the head temple of the Tendai Jimon school. On …
Sanjusangendo Temple (Rengeo-in)
Sanjusangendo (officially the Main Hall of Rengeo-in) is a Tendai Buddhist hall founded in 1164 (the…
Sanzenin Temple
Sanzenin is a Tendai sect temple in Ohara, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. Its origin traces to Saicho establishi…
Mitsumine Jinja
Located deep in the mountains of Okuchichibu in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, at an elevation of abo…
Kamikochi
Kamikochi, in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, is a scenic mountain area in the Northern Alps, a r…
Imamiya Jinja
Imamiya Jinja is a shrine with a long history in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto. It originated in the …
Engakuji Temple
Engakuji, in Yamanouchi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is the head temple of the Engakuji bran…
Izumo Taisha
One of Japan's oldest and most revered shrines, drawing worshippers from across the country seeking …
Bungui Pass (Zero Magnetic Field)
Located directly on Japan's largest fault line—the Median Tectonic Line—Bungui Pass is celebrated as…
Hokkaido Jingu
Founded in 1869 (the 2nd year of Meiji) as the guardian of Hokkaido's development, this shrine holds…
Juniko Lakes (Aoike Pond)
Juniko is the collective name for a group of 33 lakes and ponds in the southwestern part of the Shir…
Lake Towada
Lake Towada is a caldera lake straddling Towada City in Aomori Prefecture and Kazuno County in Akita…
Nanzoin Temple
A special head temple (Betsukaku Honzan) of Koyasan Shingon in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture. It is k…
Fukiware Falls
Fukiware Falls is a waterfall on the upper Katashina River in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, about 30 m w…
Zenkoji Temple
Zenkoji, in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, is known as a non-denominational sacred site that welcomes ev…
Zentsuji Temple
Zentsuji, in Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture, is the head temple of the Zentsuji branch of Shingon …
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, is a park where visit…
Mibudera Temple
Located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, this is a temple of the Ritsu sect, known simply as Mibudera. Founde…
Taga Taisha
Taga Taisha stands in Taga, Shiga Prefecture, and its main deities are Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami…
Mt. Daisen
Mt. Daisen is a sacred mountain 1,729 m high in western Tottori Prefecture, the highest peak in the …
Daisetsuzan
Daisetsuzan is Japan's largest national park, spreading across central Hokkaido with an area of abou…
Oirase Gorge
A 14-km stream flowing from Lake Towada, celebrated as a 'power spot of Tohoku.' Its moss-draped bou…
Mt. Myoko
Mt. Myoko is a stratovolcano 2,454 meters high in Myoko, Niigata Prefecture, counted among the 100 F…
Muro Ryuketsu Jinja
An ancient shrine dedicated to the water deity Ryujin (the Dragon God). Deep within the precincts li…
Mt. Fuji
Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters and the nation's most enduring symbol. Mt. Fuji has been an obj…
Oze
Oze is Japan's largest mountain wetland, spanning the four prefectures of Gunma, Fukushima, Tochigi,…
Yakushima Island
A primeval island covered in ancient Yakusugi cedar trees, some estimated to be 7,200 years old, inc…
Okadera Temple (Ryugaiji)
An old temple of the Buzan school of Shingon Buddhism in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, formally na…
Kabira Bay
Kabira Bay is an inlet on the northwest coast of Ishigaki Island, a scenic spot selected among the 1…
Heian Jingu
Heian Jingu stands in Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, and was founded in 1895 (the 28th year of Meiji) t…
Byodoin Temple
Byodoin was founded in 1052 (the 7th year of Eisho) when Fujiwara no Yorimichi converted his villa i…
Hirano Shrine
Hirano Shrine stands in Kita Ward, Kyoto, and is an ancient shrine founded by Emperor Kanmu during t…
Mt. Ontake
Mt. Ontake is a stratovolcano 3,067 m high (main peak: Kengamine), the second highest volcano in Jap…
Osorezan (Bodaiji Temple)
Osorezan, in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, is a sacred site where Osorezan Bodaiji (Soto school) st…
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
One of Japan's most prominent sacred sites, welcoming over 10 million worshippers annually. Though a…
Lake Mashu
Lake Mashu is a caldera lake in Teshikaga Town, Kawakami County, Hokkaido, located within Akan-Mashu…
Sefa-Utaki
The highest sacred utaki (grove) of the Ryukyu Kingdom, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. T…
Nikko Kegon Falls
A magnificent waterfall plunging 97 meters from Lake Chuzenji into the valley below—one of Japan's '…
Rinnoji Temple (Nikko)
Nikko-san Rinnoji, in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a large Tendai temple said to have been ope…
Nikko Tosho-gu
A UNESCO World Heritage shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo Shogunate. Its lav…
Mt. Hayachine
Mt. Hayachine is the highest peak of the Kitakami Mountains in Iwate Prefecture, at 1,917 meters. It…
Shosenkyo Gorge
Shosenkyo is a gorge about 5 km long on the upper Arakawa River in northern Kofu, Yamanashi Prefectu…
Meiji Jingu Shrine
This serene shrine stands amid a vast forest of approximately 700,000 square meters in the heart of …
Seimei Shrine
Seimei Shrine stands in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, and enshrines Abe no Seimei, an onmyoji (master of yin-…
Mt. Gassan
Mt. Gassan is the main peak of the Three Mountains of Dewa, at an altitude of 1,984 meters. It is de…
Kinomiya Jinja
Located in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, this is the head shrine of the 44 Kinomiya shrines across Jap…
Todaiji
The internationally famous home of the Great Buddha of Nara (Rushanabutsu, approximately 15 meters t…
Higashi Honganji Temple
Higashi Honganji (Shinshu Honbyo) is the head temple of the Shinshu Otani-ha, founded in 1602 (the 7…
Enryakuji
The head temple of the Tendai school of Buddhism, founded by Saicho on Mt. Hiei. Called 'the Mother …
Motsuji Temple
Motsuji, in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is an old Tendai temple said to have been opened in 85…
Keta Taisha (Grand Shrine of Noto)
The Grand Shrine of Noto (Keta Taisha), the ichinomiya of Noto Province. Its inner grove—the 'Irazu-…
Eiheiji
The head temple of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism, founded by the monk Dogen. Some 200 trainee monk…
Eikando (Zenrinji Temple)
Eikando (formal name: Zenrinji) is the head temple of the Jodo-shu Seizan Zenrin-ji school, in Sakyo…
Naminoue-gu
Naminoue-gu stands on a coastal cliff in Naha and is the foremost of the eight Ryukyu shrines and th…
Sensoji
Tokyo's oldest temple and its most visited tourist attraction, drawing over 30 million visitors annu…
Kiyomizudera
This iconic Kyoto temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the origin of the Japanese expression 'ju…
Mt. Yudono
Mt. Yudono is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa (Haguro, Gassan and Yudono), on the border of Tsuru…
Terukuni Shrine
Terukuni Shrine stands in Kagoshima and enshrines Shimazu Nariakira, the 11th lord of the Satsuma do…
Kumano Hongu Taisha
The spiritual heart of the UNESCO World Heritage 'Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Moun…
Atsuta Jingu
A shrine of the highest prestige, enshrining the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi—one of Japan's Three Sacred Imp…
Tamaki Jinja
Tamaki Jinja is a shrine near the summit of Mt. Tamaki (about 1,078 m) in Totsukawa Village, Yoshino…
Mt. Nantai (Nikko Futarasan Jinja Oku-miya)
Mt. Nantai (2,486 m), the sacred body of Nikko Futarasan Jinja, has been venerated as a holy peak si…
Shirakami-Sanchi
A remote wilderness containing one of the world's largest pristine beech forests. These ancient, unt…
Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine
Shiratani Unsuikyo is a ravine along the Shiratani River in northern Yakushima, within the Yakushima…
Shiretoko
Shiretoko is an untouched wilderness area spreading across the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkai…
Chion-in Temple
Chion-in is the head temple of the Jodo school, the base from which Honen Shonin spread his teaching…
Isonokami Jingu
Isonokami Jingu, in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, is a prestigious shrine known as one of the oldest …
Ishiteji Temple
Ishiteji is a Shingon Buzan sect temple near Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, and Temple N…
Ishizuchi Shrine
Ishizuchi Shrine has its main shrine in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, and worships Mt. Ishizuchi (1,974 m…
Akiyoshido Cave
Akiyoshido is a limestone cave spreading 100 to 200 m underground beneath the Akiyoshidai limestone …
Mt. Tateyama (Mt. Oyama)
Tateyama is a sacred mountain in Tateyama Town, Nakaniikawa County, Toyama Prefecture, whose main pe…
Yamadera (Risshakuji Temple)
Risshakuji, familiarly known as 'Yamadera,' is an old Tendai temple spread across the hillside in no…
Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple
Located in Tsukiji, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, this is a temple of the Hongwanji school of Jodo Shinshu. It w…
Kimiidera Temple
The head temple of the Kyuse Kannon sect, on the slope of Mt. Nagusa in Wakayama. It is known as Tem…
Jomon Sugi (Yakushima)
The Jomon Sugi cedar, estimated to be between 2,170 and 7,200 years old, is the oldest and most mass…
Yakushiji Temple
Yakushiji, in Nishinokyo, Nara City, is a head temple of the Hosso school, an ancient temple that Em…
Saidaiji Temple
Saidaiji is the head temple of the Shingon Risshu sect, located in Nara City. It was founded in 765 …
Nishi Honganji Temple
Nishi Honganji (Ryukokuzan Hongwanji) is the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha, and moved…
Suwa Taisha
The head shrine of approximately 25,000 Suwa shrines nationwide, comprising four individual shrines …
Nachi Falls
Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall at 133 meters, Nachi Falls has been revered as a deity in its …
Daigoji Temple
Daigoji is the head temple of the Daigo branch of Shingon Buddhism, founded in 874 (the 16th year of…
Kongobuji
The head temple of the Shingon school of Esoteric Buddhism, effectively the center of all Mt. Koya. …
Hasedera Temple (Nara)
Hasedera, in Hatsuse, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, is the head temple of the Buzan branch of Shing…
Mt. Aso
An active volcano housing one of the world's largest calderas. The sight of actively steaming crater…
Asukadera Temple
Asukadera, in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, is known as the first Buddhist temple in Japan with a …
Kashii-gu
Kashii-gu, in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is an ancient shrine enshrining Empero…
Takaosan Yakuoin Temple
An ancient temple of the Chizan school of Shingon Buddhism on Mt. Takao (599 m) in Hachioji, Tokyo. …
Kotokuin Temple (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Kotokuin, in Hase, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Jodo school temple whose principal image…
Koyasan Okunoin
The holiest ground on Mt. Koya, where the monk Kobo Daishi (Kukai) is said to remain in eternal medi…
Naruko Gorge
Naruko Gorge is a gorge formed by the Otani River in the Naruko Onsen area of Osaki, Miyagi Prefectu…
Shiogama Jinja
Shiogama Jinja stands on Mt. Ichimori in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, and as the Ichinomiya of Mutsu…
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge is a gorge formed by the Kurobe River, flowing between the Tateyama range and the Ushir…
Ryusendo Cave
Ryusendo, in Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is one of Japan's three great limestone caves and a de…