Things to do in Tokyo

Tokyo Prefecture offers a wide array of temples and shrines, including Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine and Tokyo Mazu Temple. Visitors can find places of worship, as well as parks and museums.

Sekiun-ji Temple

Sekiun-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Sekiun-ji Temple is a historic Soto Zen temple, notable for its connection to the discovery of O...

Kyōō-ji Temple

Kyōō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Kyōō-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren-shu temple with unique bullet-marked gates.

Koroku Shrine

Koroku Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Koroku Shrine, founded in 1561, offers a glimpse into Tokyo's historical religious landscape.

Kezō-in Temple

Kezō-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Kezoin is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple with medieval stone tablets and family graves.

Saikō-ji Temple

Saikō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Saikō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple with a unique Amitābha Nyorai statue.

Kannon-ji Temple

Kannon-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Kannon-ji Temple is a historic Tokyo temple, once a shogun's resting place, worth visiting for i...

Seigan-ji Temple

Seigan-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Seigan-ji Temple, founded in 999, is a historic Jodo-shu Buddhist temple in Tokyo.

Suwa Shrine

Suwa Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Suwa Shrine is a historic Tokyo shrine with cultural properties, founded in 1202.

Asha-in Temple

Asha-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Asha-in Temple is a historic Tokyo temple with a unique principal image, worth a quick visit.

Seiun-ji Temple

Seiun-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Seiun-ji Temple is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Tokyo, part of the Yanaka Seven Lucky Gods pilgri...

Yōfuku-ji Temple

Yōfuku-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Yōfuku-ji Temple is a historic Tokyo temple with notable graves and statues, easily accessible b...

Manpuku-ji Temple

Manpuku-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Manpukuji is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple, part of a unique temple town in Tokyo.

Jōman-ji Temple

Jōman-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Jomanji Temple is a historic Shinshu temple, relocated after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Zengyō-ji Temple

Zengyō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Zengyoji Temple is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple in Tokyo, part of a unique temple town.

Myōzen-ji Temple

Myōzen-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Myozen-ji is a historic temple in Tokyo, part of a unique temple town.

Myōyū-ji Temple

Myōyū-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Myoyu-ji Temple: a historic Jodo Shinshu temple with a unique connection to Hachiko.

Sōfuku-ji Temple

Sōfuku-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Sōfuku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo with a revered statue and notable grave.

Jōei-ji Temple

Jōei-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

A Tokyo temple with a history of resilience and graves of notable artists.

Jōfuku-ji Temple

Jōfuku-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Jofukuji Temple, or Tanuki-dera, is a unique temple in Tokyo with many raccoon dog figurines.

Eigan-ji Temple

Eigan-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Eigan-ji is a historic Shinshu temple in Tokyo, founded by a samurai in 1617.

Genshō-ji Temple

Genshō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Genshoji is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple with unique rain cisterns, founded in 1277.

Genryō-in Temple

Genryō-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Genryoin is a historic Jodo-shu Buddhist temple in Tokyo, known for its principal image.

Shōōin Temple

Shōōin Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Shōō-in is a historic Buddhist temple with notable graves, a peaceful stop worth an hour.

Sairen-ji Temple

Sairen-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Sairenji is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple, part of a unique temple town, worth visiting for its...

Junshō-ji Temple

Junshō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Junshoji Temple is a historic Jodo Shinshu temple with a notable Amitabha Nyorai statue.

Nakai Goryō Shrine

Nakai Goryō Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Nakai Goryō Shrine: a historical Tokyo shrine with unique rainmaking artifacts and an annual for...

Tsukimigaoka Hachiman Shrine

Tsukimigaoka Hachiman Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Ancient Shinto shrine in Shinjuku, relocated with unique historical artifacts.

Raigō-ji Temple

Raigō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Raigō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple with a mysterious Kōshin-tō stone tower.

Kuzugaya Goryō Shrine

Kuzugaya Goryō Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Kuzugaya Goryō Shrine is a historic Tokyo shrine, offering a glimpse into ancient rituals.

Seikan-ji Temple

Seikan-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Seikan-ji Temple is a historic Jodo-shu Buddhist temple founded in 1630, worth visiting for its...

Hatsunemori Shrine

Hatsunemori Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Hatsunemori Shrine is a historic Tokyo shrine, founded in the 14th century, with a unique origin...

Tamon-ji Temple

Tamon-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Tamon-ji Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple with the oldest gate in Sumida Ward.

Tenshō-ji Temple

Tenshō-ji Temple

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Tenshoji Temple: a 17th-century Rinzai temple in Tokyo, final resting place for notable figures.

Nyoirin-ji Temple

Nyoirin-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Nyoirin-ji is a Tendai temple founded in 849, relocated after an earthquake.

Jissō-ji Temple

Jissō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Jissō-ji Temple is a historic Nichiren-shū Buddhist temple in Tokyo, founded in 1597.

Tokunoyama Inari Shrine

Tokunoyama Inari Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

A Shinto shrine in Tokyo with unique historical connections to a bandit pursuit.

Honkyū-ji Temple

Honkyū-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

This historic Nichiren temple in Tokyo holds a unique statue and the grave of a notable recruite...

Tōsei-ji Temple

Tōsei-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Tōsei-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Zen temple with connections to famous Japanese figures.

Ejima Sugiyama Shrine

Ejima Sugiyama Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

A historic Tokyo shrine with a unique Braille monument and a resilient ginkgo tree.

Hōsen-ji Temple

Hōsen-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Hōsen-ji Temple is a historic Sōtō Zen temple with notable graves, easily accessible in Tokyo.

Hokke-ji Temple

Hokke-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Hokke-ji Temple is a Nichiren-shu Buddhist temple, a short walk from Honjo-Azumabashi Station.

Tsugaru Inari Shrine

Tsugaru Inari Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Tsugaru Inari Shrine is a historic Tokyo shrine, once a samurai family's guardian, now easily ac...

Seiō-ji Temple

Seiō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Seioji is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo, founded in 1662, with graves of notable figures.

Genkō-ji Temple

Genkō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Genkō-ji Temple: a historic Shinshu temple with ties to a famous samurai clan.

Ushijima Shrine

Ushijima Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Ancient Tokyo shrine with unique architecture and guardian status, worth visiting for history an...

Fukugon-ji Temple

Fukugon-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Fukugon-ji Temple is a historic Soto Zen temple with unique graves, easily accessible in Tokyo.

Akiba Shrine

Akiba Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Akiba Shrine is a historic Tokyo shrine, revered for fire prevention and notable for its daimyo...

Nose Myōkenzan Betsu-in Temple

Nose Myōkenzan Betsu-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Historic Nichiren temple in Tokyo, known for Katsu family ties and resilient main deity.

Kegon-ji Temple

Kegon-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

A historic Jodo sect temple in Tokyo featuring a dedicated hall for the king of the underworld.

Renge-ji Temple

Renge-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Renge-ji Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo, notable for its Edo-period conne...

Saikō-ji Temple

Saikō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

A Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Tokyo featuring the final resting places of several famous Kabuki...

Yōshin-ji Temple

Yōshin-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Yoshinji Temple: a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple in Tokyo with family graves and haiku monumen...

Henjō-in Temple

Henjō-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Henjō-in Temple: a historic temple in Tokyo, once famous for free moxibustion treatment.

Tobiki Inari Shrine

Tobiki Inari Shrine

TOKYO · SHRINE

Tobiki Inari Shrine, a small Tokyo shrine with a 500-year-old ginkgo tree, offers a quick, histo...

Zennō-ji Temple

Zennō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Zennō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple in Tokyo with significant Buddhist art and a notab...

Shinjo-in Temple

Shinjo-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Shinjo-in Temple, founded in 1694, offers a glimpse into Edo-period Buddhist culture and history...

Jigen-in Temple

Jigen-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Jigen-in Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo, notable for its unique Inari deity.

Kaizō-ji Temple

Kaizō-ji Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Kaizō-ji Temple is a Sōtō Zen temple with unique statues and a Buddha's footprint stone.

Yushima Goryōsha

Yushima Goryōsha

TOKYO · SHRINE

Yushima Goryōsha is a Tokyo shrine founded in 1710 to appease eight kami.

Fukuju-in Temple

Fukuju-in Temple

TOKYO · TEMPLE

Fukuju-in Temple is a historic Jodo-shu temple with a unique armored Daikokuten statue.

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