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Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji

At 3,776 meters above sea level, Mount Fuji or Fujisan is the highest and most famous mountain in Japan. It is located on the...

Shizuoka
Ujigami Shrine

Ujigami Shrine

Located in Uji, the city renowned for green tea, Ujigami shrine is Japan’s oldest existing shrine. Among the country’s thousa...

Kyoto
Daigo-ji Temple

Daigo-ji Temple

Founded in 874, Daigo-ji Temple is one of Kyoto's most scenic religious sites. The hillside temple grounds make it a prime sp...

Kyoto
Horyuji Temple

Horyuji Temple

Japan is filled with a wide variety of temples, ranging from modest to opulent and from massive to small. Horyuji in Nara sta...

Nara
Tenryu-ji

Tenryu-ji

The Tenryuji is the main temple of the Rinzai Zen Buddhism sect of the same name and is located in the Arashiyama district in...

Kyoto
Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha is a Shinto shrine in Shingu, Wakayama. It is located at the mouth of the Kumano-gawa River, where the...

Wakayama
Atomic Bomb Dome

Atomic Bomb Dome

The Atomic Bomb Dome, or Gembaku Dome, was once the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. On August 6th, 1945, the...

Hiroshima
Motsuji Temple

Motsuji Temple

The Motsuji Temple was once a large and important temple of the Tendai sect and consisted of numerous buildings. Today Motsuj...

Iwate
Nikko Toshogu Shrine

Nikko Toshogu Shrine

The Nikko Toshogu Shrine is arguably one of the most important religious sites in Japan and is located in the forests of Toch...

Tochigi
Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kiyomizu-dera Temple was founded in 778. Its history dates back over 1200 years. As a sacred place where the great compassion...

Kyoto
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