Temples in Tokushima

Tokushima Prefecture has 141 temples, including 和泉寺 and Saiden-ji Temple. Many are part of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, offering a spiritual journey.

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

Rinkō-ji Temple

Rinkō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Rinkoji Temple: a historic Rinzai temple at Mt. Bizan's base, known for its tanuki shrine.

Kogen-ji Temple

Kogen-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kogen-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with a national historic site graveyard.

Hannyain Temple

Hannyain Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Hannyain is a historic Shingon temple, a pilgrimage site with a notable principal image.

Manpuku-ji Temple

Manpuku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Manpuku-ji Temple is a historic Shingon temple with multiple pilgrimage connections, worth visit...

Zōshu-in Temple

Zōshu-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Zōshu-in Temple is a historic site with a unique garden and architecture, worth visiting for its...

Yakuō-ji Temple

Yakuō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Yakuō-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site known for warding off evil.

Fujii-dera Temple

Fujii-dera Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Fujii-dera Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple, part of the Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage.

Mitsugon-ji Temple

Mitsugon-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Mitsugon-ji Temple is a historic site of worship, rebuilt after fire, with a unique Fudo Myoo st...

Saikō-ji Temple

Saikō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Saikō-ji Temple is a historic Shingon temple with ties to the Awa Kubo clan.

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kannon-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with significant Buddhist statues.

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kannon-ji is a historic temple with a beautiful garden, relocated in 1616.

Kan'on-in Temple

Kan'on-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kannon-in is a historic temple founded in 729, part of two pilgrimages.

Kanaiso Benzaiten Temple

Kanaiso Benzaiten Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

A historic temple dedicated to Benzaiten, offering natural beauty and a glimpse into Japan's pas...

Chōfuku-ji Temple

Chōfuku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chōfuku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist site with a unique ginkgo tree and pilgrimage connectio...

Chōkoku-ji Temple

Chōkoku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chokokuji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a unique principal image.

Chokoku-ji Temple

Chokoku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chokoku-ji Temple, founded in 1480, offers a glimpse into Japanese religious history and unique...

Awa Kokubun-ji Temple

Awa Kokubun-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

A Soto Zen temple, 15th on the Shikoku pilgrimage, with a notable dry landscape garden.

Unpen-ji Temple

Unpen-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Unpen-ji Temple, founded by Kukai, is the highest temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.

Ganshō-ji Temple (Tokushima)

Ganshō-ji Temple (Tokushima)

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Ganshō-ji Temple offers a serene escape with unique statues and beautiful cherry blossoms.

Kōtsu-ji Temple

Kōtsu-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kōtsu-ji Temple: birthplace of Awa Shugendō, dedicated to Zaō Gongen, located on Mount Kōtsu.

Kakurin-ji Temple

Kakurin-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kakurin-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with important cultural properties.

Kurotaki-ji Temple

Kurotaki-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kurotaki-ji Temple is a mountain temple with a sacred spring, important to Shikoku's pilgrimage...

Zengaku-ji Temple

Zengaku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Zengaku-ji is a Nichiren Buddhist temple with a long history of destruction and restoration.

Hokke-ji Temple

Hokke-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Hokke-ji is a Nichiren-shu temple with unique carvings, rebuilt by fishermen after a fire.

Ryūkō-ji Temple

Ryūkō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Ryukoji is a historic Shingon temple with cultural treasures, founded in 709, and a base for mou...

Chōken-ji Temple

Chōken-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Choken-ji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima City with a history of tsunami and unique enshrined...

Aizen-in Temple

Aizen-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Aizen-in Temple: a historic Shingon temple known for its unique Sanskrit characters.

Anraku-ji Temple

Anraku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Anraku-ji Temple: a historic pilgrimage site with a large Buddha and beautiful garden.

Senpuku-ji Temple

Senpuku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Senpukuji is a historic temple founded in 724, housing unique statues and treasures.

Jifuku-ji Temple

Jifuku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Jifuku-ji Temple offers a peaceful visit to see historic wisteria trees and a Jizo Bosatsu statu...

Dainichi-ji Temple

Dainichi-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Dainichi-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a main hall from 1649.

Dōgaku-ji Temple

Dōgaku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Dōgaku-ji Temple is a historic Shingon temple known for academic achievement and important cultu...

Myōō-in Temple

Myōō-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Myo-o-in is a historic Shingon temple founded by Kukai, offering a glimpse into traditional temp...

Chōzen-ji Temple

Chōzen-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chōzen-ji is a historic Shingon temple founded by Kūkai, housing important cultural properties.

Hōrin-ji Temple

Hōrin-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Hōrin-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a unique reclining Buddha statue.

Jizō-ji Temple

Jizō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Ancient temple founded by Kukai, home to a giant ginkgo tree and important cultural properties.

Jūraku-ji Temple

Jūraku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Jūraku-ji Temple is a significant pilgrimage site with ancient Buddhist statues and a unique hea...

Konsen-ji Temple

Konsen-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Konsen-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a golden spring legend, worth visiting for i...

Kumadani-ji Temple

Kumadani-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kumadani-ji Temple is a significant pilgrimage site with a towering gate and historic halls.

Taisan-ji Temple

Taisan-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Taisan-ji Temple is a historic mountain temple with important cultural properties and ancient tr...

Tōrin-in Temple

Tōrin-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Tōrin-in Temple is a historic Buddhist site, the first stop on two pilgrimages.

Chōon-ji Temple

Chōon-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chōon-ji is a historic Rinzai temple, notable as the burial site of Wenceslau de Moraes.

Kanchō-in Temple

Kanchō-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kanchoin is a Rinzai temple with a novelist's grave, rebuilt after WWII.

Renge-ji Temple

Renge-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Rengeji Temple, a historic Shingon temple, is known for Japan's last seppuku and unique art.

Chōraku-ji Temple

Chōraku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Chorakuji Temple offers a glimpse into Buddhist art and pilgrimage history.

Myōō-in Temple

Myōō-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

A historic Shingon Buddhist temple founded by Kukai, serving as the second stop on the Shikoku 3...

Fudō-in Temple

Fudō-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Fudoin is a historic temple with a unique painted ceiling, part of a pilgrimage.

Kirihata-ji Temple

Kirihata-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Kirihata-ji Temple is a historic pilgrimage site with a unique triple-structured main hall and a...

Taki-yakushi

Taki-yakushi

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Taki-yakushi is a Shingon temple founded in 1598, known for its principal image and nearby water...

Genkoku-ji Temple

Genkoku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Genkoku-ji is a historic Jodo-shu temple with connections to Honen and notable samurai burials.

Genkyū-ji Temple

Genkyū-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Genkyu-ji is a historic Shingon temple, once a Hachisuka family prayer temple.

Anjū-ji Temple

Anjū-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Anjuji is a historic Shingon temple, founded by Gyoki, offering a peaceful cultural experience n...

Tōkō-ji Temple

Tōkō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Toko-ji is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple with a Sharaku tombstone, a short walk from Tokushima...

Juryō-ji Temple

Juryō-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Juryoji is a historic Nichiren-shu temple in Tokushima City, founded in 1616 by the Tokushima Do...

Entoku-ji Temple

Entoku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Entokuji is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple, worth visiting for its tranquil atmosphere and conne...

Temple of Kōzato

Temple of Kōzato

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Explore Kōzato Haiji Ato, an ancient temple ruin with unique architecture and historical artifac...

Fudō-in Temple

Fudō-in Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Fudō-in Temple is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 1897, home to a Fudō Myōō statue.

Jifuku-ji Temple

Jifuku-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Jifukuji is a historic Buddhist temple with important cultural properties and pilgrimage connect...

Hōon-ji Temple

Hōon-ji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Hoon-ji is a historic temple with a unique stone tablet and graves of notable figures.

Myouhouji Temple

Myouhouji Temple

TOKUSHIMA · TEMPLE

Myouhouji Temple is a Shingon-Omuro temple known for rainmaking and its annual Mandala Festival.

Temples elsewhere

See everything by prefecture and type