Temples in Ibaraki

Ibaraki Prefecture has over one hundred temples, including Jōfuku-ji Temple and Gion-ji Temple. These temples offer a mix of history and quiet beauty for your visit.

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

Shōshū-ji Temple

Shōshū-ji Temple

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Shoshuji Temple offers a glimpse into centuries of Japanese religious history and cultural treas...

Myōhō-ji Temple

Myōhō-ji Temple

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Myohoji Temple is a Tendai temple known for its rare Sokushinbutsu, a mummified monk.

Yakushi-ji Temple

Yakushi-ji Temple

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Yakushiji is a historic Tendai temple with important cultural properties, worth visiting for its...

Tainei-ji Temple

Tainei-ji Temple

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Tainei-ji is a Soto Zen temple founded in 1509, notable for its historical graves.

Daiō-in Temple

Daiō-in Temple

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Daio-in is a historic Soto Zen temple with important cultural properties, worth visiting for its...

Zenjū-ji Temple

Zenjū-ji Temple

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Zenjū-ji Temple is a historic temple founded in 1232, known for its connection to Shinran and a...

Hōbutsu-ji Temple

Hōbutsu-ji Temple

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Hōbutsu-ji Temple, founded by a Shinran disciple, offers a glimpse into Jōdo Shinshū history.

Myōan-ji Temple

Myōan-ji Temple

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Myōan-ji Temple, founded in 1233, houses significant cultural statues and offers a glimpse into...

Myōan-ji Temple

Myōan-ji Temple

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A 13th-century Shinshu Otani-ha temple founded by a senior disciple of Shinran, featuring a desi...

Hōon-ji Temple

Hōon-ji Temple

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Hoon-ji is an ancient temple founded by a disciple of Shinran, rebuilt after a fire.

Daikaku-ji Temple

Daikaku-ji Temple

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A historic Jodo Shinshu temple founded by a former prince, featuring a renowned stroll garden an...

Jōkō-ji Temple

Jōkō-ji Temple

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Jōkō-ji Temple: a historic temple founded in 1225 with important statues.

Myōgyō-ji Temple

Myōgyō-ji Temple

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An ancient Tendai temple housing a Kamakura-period Amida Nyorai statue and a memorial to local f...

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

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A historic Tendai sect temple in Ushiku featuring Muromachi period architecture and designated c...

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

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A historic Tendai temple on former castle grounds featuring a National Important Cultural Proper...

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

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A historic Tendai sect temple in Ibaraki featuring a cultural property statue and a shrine withi...

Nenkō-ji Temple

Nenkō-ji Temple

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A historic Ji-shu sect Buddhist temple founded in 806 featuring ancient protected trees and sign...

Jōshin-ji Temple

Jōshin-ji Temple

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A historic Jodo Shu temple in Tsuchiura featuring ancient Buddhist statues and the graves of pro...

Kamisaki-ji Temple

Kamisaki-ji Temple

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Kamisaki-ji Temple: a historic Shingon-shu temple with a significant cultural property, worth vi...

Han'nya-ji Temple

Han'nya-ji Temple

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Hannya-ji Temple, founded in 947, offers a glimpse into ancient Buddhist history and cultural pr...

Fudō-in Temple

Fudō-in Temple

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Ancient temple founded by Kūkai, home to important cultural properties, worth visiting for its h...

Tokuman-ji Temple

Tokuman-ji Temple

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Tokuman-ji Temple offers unique cultural properties and a historic Jizo Bosatsu statue.

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

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Kannon-ji Temple, founded in 807, offers historical buildings and cultural properties worth seei...

Kezō-in Temple

Kezō-in Temple

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Kezō-in Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple with a famous bell.

Tokuzō-ji Temple

Tokuzō-ji Temple

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Tokuzoji is a historic Shingon temple founded by Kobo Daishi, housing important cultural propert...

Ryōgon-ji Temple

Ryōgon-ji Temple

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Ryōgon-ji Temple is a Rinzai Buddhist temple with important cultural properties and natural monu...

Fukusen-ji Temple

Fukusen-ji Temple

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Fukusen-ji Temple: a historic Rinzai Zen temple with important Kamakura-period cultural properti...

Myōun-ji Temple

Myōun-ji Temple

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Myōun-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren Buddhist temple with unique ties to samurai history.

Seiryū-ji Temple

Seiryū-ji Temple

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Seiryū-ji Temple, founded in 807, offers rare Buddhist art and historical architecture.

Senmyō-ji Temple

Senmyō-ji Temple

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Senmyō-ji Temple: a historic Tendai temple with cultural treasures, easily accessible by train.

Jingū-ji Temple

Jingū-ji Temple

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Jingū-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple with ancient gates and statues, worth visiting for i...

Manpuku-ji Temple

Manpuku-ji Temple

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Manpuku-ji Temple: a historic Tendai temple with important cultural properties, easily accessibl...

Enmei-ji Temple

Enmei-ji Temple

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Enmei-ji Temple, founded in 1445, offers a glimpse into local history and cultural properties.

Shōmyō-ji Temple

Shōmyō-ji Temple

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Shōmyō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo Shinshū temple founded in 1216, with important cultural prop...

Chōshō-in Temple

Chōshō-in Temple

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Chosho-in is a historic Soto Zen temple with ties to the Tokugawa shoguns, offering a glimpse in...

Anfuku-ji Temple (Tsukuba)

Anfuku-ji Temple (Tsukuba)

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A Kamakura-period Shingon sect temple in Tsukuba dedicated to Yakuyoke Daishi for protection aga...

Seion-ji

Seion-ji

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A historic Rinzai Zen temple in Ibaraki founded by Kukai, featuring ancient stone pagodas and ti...

Entsū-ji Temple

Entsū-ji Temple

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A historic Soto Zen temple in Mito that received an imperial decree in 1333 and relocated to its...

Nichirin-ji Temple

Nichirin-ji Temple

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A historic Shingon Buzan sect temple founded by Kukai, featuring a rare surviving gate and a reb...

Saikō-ji Temple

Saikō-ji Temple

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A historic Shinshu Otani-ha temple founded by a former castle lord who became a disciple of the...

Kōtoku-ji

Kōtoku-ji

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A historic Shinshu Otani-ha temple in Yachiyo founded by a disciple of Shinran who converted his...

Hokuto-ji

Hokuto-ji

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A historic Shingon Buzan temple founded in 821, housing cultural properties and a Yakshi Nyorai...

Taisan-ji Temple

Taisan-ji Temple

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An ancient Shingon temple founded by Kukai, historically favored by the Tokugawa family for pray...

Ryūsen-ji Temple

Ryūsen-ji Temple

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A historic Tendai Buddhist temple founded in the ninth century, famous for its Kannon statue and...

Yakushi-ji Temple

Yakushi-ji Temple

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A historic Shingon Buzan sect temple in Ushiku City featuring ancient cultural properties and a...

Fukudō-ji Temple

Fukudō-ji Temple

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A Nichiren Buddhist temple founded in 1958 to honor a village headman who sacrificed his life to...

Gyokuren-ji Temple

Gyokuren-ji Temple

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A Rinzai sect temple founded in 1678 featuring a historic waterfall and a wooden Kannon statue d...

Sainen-ji Temple

Sainen-ji Temple

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A historic Bando City temple featuring rare cultural artifacts and a lineage tracing back to a h...

Anzen-ji Temple

Anzen-ji Temple

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Anzen-ji is a Soto Zen temple founded in 1465, notable for its historic Yanada clan graves.

Raigō-in Temple

Raigō-in Temple

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Raigō-in Temple: a historic Tendai temple with a unique pagoda and a winter fire walking festiva...

Tahouin Temple

Tahouin Temple

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Tahouin Temple is a Soto Zen temple, family temple of the Tagaya clan, with a rebuilt main hall.

Ryūgan-ji Temple

Ryūgan-ji Temple

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Ryūgan-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple with cultural properties, easily accessi...

Jojoki Temple

Jojoki Temple

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Jokoji Temple: a historic Jishu temple founded in 1324, worth visiting for its serene grounds.

Shōrin-ji Temple

Shōrin-ji Temple

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Shōrin-ji Temple is a Sōtō Zen temple founded by the Ogasawara family in the late 16th century.

Myōkō-ji Temple

Myōkō-ji Temple

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Myōkō-ji Temple: a historic Nichiren-shu temple with unique art and a stone pagoda.

Hōzen-ji Temple

Hōzen-ji Temple

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Hōzen-ji Temple is a historic Tendai temple with significant architecture and art.

Jinnō-ji Temple

Jinnō-ji Temple

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A historic Jishū sect Buddhist temple in Mito featuring graves of famous martial artists and a m...

Enman-ji Temple (Koga)

Enman-ji Temple (Koga)

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A historic Shingon Buddhist temple built on castle ruins, featuring ancient ritual tools and a n...

Shōjō-ji Temple

Shōjō-ji Temple

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Shōjō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple with a rich past.

Honjō-ji Temple

Honjō-ji Temple

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Honjo-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren Buddhist temple with cultural properties, a 14-minute wal...

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