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Buddhist Temples in Japan

Japanese Buddhist temples are announced by great wooden gates and centre on a main hall for the principal image, often with a pagoda and, at Zen temples, gardens of raked gravel and moss made for contemplation.

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Nyoirin-ji (Frog Temple)

Ogori, Japan

Nyoirin-ji, better known as Kaeru-dera or the Frog Temple, is a small Shingon temple in the countryside of Ogori, south…

1 ticket or tour

Otagi Nenbutsu-ji

Kyoto, Japan

Otagi Nenbutsu-ji sits at the far end of the Saga-Toriimoto valley, well beyond the busy centre of Arashiyama, and a…

1 ticket or tour

Sanzen-in

Kyoto, Japan

Sanzen-in does not sell timed or advance tickets. You pay the admission fee at the gate on arrival and walk round at…

1 ticket or tour

Daitoku-ji

Kyoto, Japan

No ticket for Daitoku-ji is sold online, and none is needed for the grounds.

No online ticket

Okunoin, Mount Koya

Koyasan, Japan

Okunoin is free to enter at any time, and no ticket for the cemetery alone is sold online.

No online ticket

Tsukiji Hongan-ji

Tokyo, Japan

Tsukiji Hongan-ji is free to enter and no ticket is needed; nothing for the temple alone is sold online.

No online ticket

Yasaka Pagoda (Hokan-ji)

Kyoto, Japan

There is nothing to book for the Yasaka Pagoda. The five-storey tower belongs to Hokan-ji, a small Zen temple, and it…

No online ticket

Zojo-ji Temple

Tokyo, Japan

No ticket for Zojo-ji alone is sold online, and none is needed for the main part of a visit.

No online ticket

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