Goryo Jinja (御霊神社), Kamakura, Kanagawa.
Did you know? Preserves Kamakura’s memory of Gongoro Kagemasa, enshrining a warrior-hero whose legend ties the site directly to the samurai age.
📍 Kamakura, Kanagawa
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Gango-ji (元興寺), Nara.
Did you know? One of Nara's oldest temples, originally part of the powerful Asuka-period Gangō-ji complex.
📍 Nara
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Zeniarai Benten Jinja (銭洗弁財天宇賀福神社), Kamakura, Kanagawa.
Did you know? Wash money in the cave spring to pray for it to multiply, a ritual found here at Zeniarai Benten.
📍 Kamakura, Kanagawa
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Shinobazu Benten-do (不忍池弁天堂), Taito, Tokyo.
Did you know? Stand on Bentenjima, a 17th-century island designed by monk Tenkai to resemble Chikubushima, and pray at its temple hall.
📍 Taito, Tokyo
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Tofuku-ji (東福寺), Higashiyama, Kyoto.
Did you know? See Japan’s oldest Zen gate, preserved as a rare entrance to the temple grounds.
📍 Higashiyama, Kyoto
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Mii-dera (園城寺), Otsu, Shiga.
Did you know? The Mii-dera temple bell is one of the Eight Views of Omi.
📍 Otsu, Shiga
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Shitenno-ji (四天王寺), Tennoji, Osaka.
Did you know? Founded in 593 by Prince Shōtoku, Shitennō-ji is among Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples in Osaka.
📍 Tennoji, Osaka
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Kongo-ji (金剛寺), Kita, Tokyo.
Did you know? Kongō-ji (金剛寺) is a Shingon Omuro Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, founded around 800 CE.Known as Amanosan Kongō-ji, it is the sect’s head temple.
📍 Kita, Tokyo
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Zuisen-ji (瑞泉寺), Kamakura, Kanagawa.
Did you know? See the stone-carved rock garden that Zuisen-ji is famous for.
📍 Kamakura, Kanagawa
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Asakusa Jinja (浅草神社), Taito, Tokyo.
Did you know? One of Tokyo’s few Edo-period shrine halls to survive the 1923 quake and 1945 air raids, preserved largely intact since 1649.
📍 Taito, Tokyo
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Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), Higashiyama, Kyoto.
Did you know? A 13-meter wooden stage rebuilt in 1633 without nails
📍 Higashiyama, Kyoto
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