Temples in Gifu

Gifu Prefecture has 468 temples, including Kaō-in Temple and Rin'yō-ji Temple. Visitors can find a wide variety of spiritual sites across the prefecture.

Not sure where to start? Read our guide to the 20 best

Dairyū-ji Temple

Dairyū-ji Temple

Dairyuji is a historic Soto Zen temple, notable for its ancient cedars and pet memorial services...

Daizen-ji Temple

Daizen-ji Temple

Daizen-ji is a historic Rinzai temple, founded in 1341, offering a glimpse into Japan's spiritua...

Rinsen-ji Temple

Rinsen-ji Temple

Rinsen-ji is a historic Soto Zen temple with important statues and a relocated hall.

Tōkaku-ji Temple

Tōkaku-ji Temple

Tōkakuji is a historic Jōdo Shinshū temple founded in 1606, notable for its Inaba Family Mausole...

Mino Kokubun-niji

Mino Kokubun-niji

A historic temple site featuring a reconstructed pagoda base and a National Important Cultural P...

Eishō-ji Temple

Eishō-ji Temple

A historic Soto Zen temple in Seki City featuring a 450-year-old protected ginkgo tree and a ded...

Hōsen-ji Temple

Hōsen-ji Temple

A Soto Zen temple in Gifu established in 1907 following the local abolition of Buddhism movement...

Fumon-ji Temple

Fumon-ji Temple

A Rinzai sect temple in Gifu featuring historic Zen artwork and serving as the 68th stop on the...

Hōnen-ji Temple

Hōnen-ji Temple

Hōnen-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple with a Kamakura-period Jizō statue.

Hōrin-ji Temple

Hōrin-ji Temple

Hōrin-ji Temple is a 17th-century Rinzai temple with a unique healing Buddha.

Yakushi-ji Temple

Yakushi-ji Temple

Yakushi-ji Temple, founded in 728, offers a glimpse into Shingon Buddhism and historical artifac...

Reisen-ji Temple

Reisen-ji Temple

Reisen-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with 100 Kannon statues.

Enju-ji Temple

Enju-ji Temple

Enjuji is a historic Soto Zen temple with a significant Kannon statue, re-established after floo...

Enpuku-ji Temple

Enpuku-ji Temple

Enpuku-ji Temple is a Rinzai Buddhist temple, part of the Chuno 88 Sacred Places.

Ono-dera

Ono-dera

Ono-dera is a historic Rinzai temple, home to an Eleven-faced Kannon Bosatsu.

Shōge temple ruins

Shōge temple ruins

Explore ancient temple ruins from the Nara and Heian periods, offering a glimpse into Japan's Bu...

Chōkoku-ji Temple

Chōkoku-ji Temple

This Sōtō Zen temple, founded in 1187, holds important cultural properties and a unique pagoda b...

Seishō-ji Temple

Seishō-ji Temple

Seishoji Temple, founded in 1616, is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with a notable Kannon pil...

Ganko-ji Temple (Mitake)

Ganko-ji Temple (Mitake)

Ganko-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple with important cultural properties and a unique fest...

Funyō-ji Temple

Funyō-ji Temple

Funyō-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple founded in 1441, worth visiting for its cul...

Saihō-ji Temple

Saihō-ji Temple

Saihoji is Hashima's oldest temple, founded by Prince Shotoku, with a significant Amida Nyorai s...

Entsū-ji Temple

Entsū-ji Temple

Entsū-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple, family temple of the Toda clan.

Ankoku-ji Temple

Ankoku-ji Temple

Ankokuji Temple: a historic Rinzai Zen temple founded in 1345, with ties to powerful clans.

Annyō-ji Temple

Annyō-ji Temple

Annyō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo Shinshū temple with Gifu's largest main hall.

Manpuku-ji Temple

Manpuku-ji Temple

Manpukuji is a historic temple founded in the Heian period, with ties to the Kumagai clan.

Seitai-ji Temple

Seitai-ji Temple

Seitai-ji is a historic Rinzai temple with a scenic garden and family graves.

Honkaku-ji Temple

Honkaku-ji Temple

Honkaku-ji is a historic Soto Zen temple with a notable painted ceiling.

Myōō-ji Temple

Myōō-ji Temple

Gifu's oldest Soto Zen temple, Myōō-ji offers a glimpse into samurai history.

Zenne-ji Temple

Zenne-ji Temple

Zen'ne-ji is a historic temple founded in 1223, housing important cultural properties.

Daisen-ji Temple

Daisen-ji Temple

Daisen-ji is a historic Rinzai Zen temple, preserving treasures and cultural properties through...

Ichijō-ji Temple

Ichijō-ji Temple

Ichijoji Temple, a historic Rinzai Zen temple, offers ancient pagodas and a serene ginkgo-lined...

Daie-ji Temple

Daie-ji Temple

Daie-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with a rare gilt bronze Amitābha Triad statu...

Taian-ji Temple

Taian-ji Temple

Daian-ji is a historic Rinzai temple in Gifu, home to important graves and a Kannon statue.

Zen'an-ji Temple

Zen'an-ji Temple

Zen'anji is a historic Jodo-shu temple in Gifu Prefecture, rebuilt multiple times over centuries...

Rinshō-ji Temple

Rinshō-ji Temple

Rinshō-ji Temple is a historic Zen temple with important cultural properties.

Yusen-ji Temple (Minokamo)

Yusen-ji Temple (Minokamo)

Yusen-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with strong literary connections.

Sogen-ji Temple

Sogen-ji Temple

A Soto Zen temple in Takayama, known for its Kanamori clan ties and historic artifacts.

Hōshō-in Temple

Hōshō-in Temple

Hōshō-in Temple is a historic Shingon temple rebuilt in 1807, housing a Fudō Myōō image.

Manshaku-ji Temple

Manshaku-ji Temple

Manshaku-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Zen temple, part of several pilgrimages, known for its C...

Zentō-ji Temple

Zentō-ji Temple

Visit this historic Sōtō Zen temple, the family temple of Takenaka Shigeharu, for its cultural p...

Daibodai-ji Temple

Daibodai-ji Temple

Daibodai-ji is a Rinzai temple known for its unique hair-woven Buddha statue and cultural proper...

Entoku-ji Temple

Entoku-ji Temple

Entokuji is a historic temple in Gifu with ties to the Oda clan and important cultural propertie...

Kan'non-ji Temple

Kan'non-ji Temple

A historic Sōtō Zen temple founded in 1181, rebuilt twice after fires.

Dōsen-ji Temple

Dōsen-ji Temple

Dosenji Temple offers a glimpse into Rinzai Zen Buddhism and historical artifacts.

Daijō-ji Temple

Daijō-ji Temple

A historic Nichiren temple in Gujo Hachiman-cho, preserving local clan artifacts and hosting a v...

Tōsen-ji Temple

Tōsen-ji Temple

Tōsen-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple with a strong connection to Gujo Odori.

Yuge-ji Temple

Yuge-ji Temple

Yuge-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai temple with hydrangeas and hot springs, founded in the Heian...

Gekkei-in Temple

Gekkei-in Temple

Gekkei-in Temple is a historic Soto Zen temple founded in 1581 by Inaba Yoshimichi.

Shinzenkō-ji Temple

Shinzenkō-ji Temple

A Tendai temple founded in 1881, it houses a hidden Buddha and a pilgrimage image.

Sōō-in Temple

Sōō-in Temple

Sōō-in Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Takayama with important statues and pilgrimage co...

Dairyū-ji Temple

Dairyū-ji Temple

A Rinzai Zen temple known for its large Daruma statue and beautiful garden.

Eihō-ji Temple

Eihō-ji Temple

Eihō-ji Temple: a historic Rinzai temple with two National Treasure buildings and a scenic garde...

Yakuō-ji Temple

Yakuō-ji Temple

Yakouji Temple offers a glimpse into local history and religious art.

Unryū-ji Temple

Unryū-ji Temple

Oldest Soto Zen temple in Hida, founded in 720, with a notable bell tower gate.

Zenzō-ji Temple

Zenzō-ji Temple

Zenzō-ji is a 14th-century Rinzai temple, a historic site with clan graves and cultural properti...

Taikō-ji Temple

Taikō-ji Temple

Taikoji Temple is a historic Zen temple founded in 1368, known for the grave of Toki Yorikatsu.

Hōun-ji Temple

Hōun-ji Temple

Hounji Temple, founded in 1582, is a historic site dedicated to Jizo Bosatsu and Toki Yorinari.

Ryōtoku-ji Temple

Ryōtoku-ji Temple

Ryotokuji Temple: a historic Rinzai Zen temple with important graves, rebuilt after the Battle o...

Gusei-ji Temple

Gusei-ji Temple

Gusei-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai sect temple with important cultural properties.

Honkō-ji Temple

Honkō-ji Temple

Honkō-ji Temple: a historic Jōdo Shinshū temple with the largest wooden main hall in Hida.

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