5,845 places to see across Japan

Castles, temples, shrines and heritage sites, with the nearest station, cultural designation, year and map.

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Hokkaido

251 places · Photo: Lake Mashū

Aomori Prefecture

72 places · Photo: Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum

Iwate Prefecture

117 places · Photo: Chūson-ji Temple

Miyagi Prefecture

84 places · Photo: Zuigan-ji Temple

Akita Prefecture

63 places · Photo: Lake Towada

Yamagata Prefecture

66 places · Photo: Yama-dera Temple

Fukushima Prefecture

76 places · Photo: Oze

Ibaraki Prefecture

54 places · Photo: Kairaku-en

Tochigi Prefecture

94 places · Photo: Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Gunma Prefecture

132 places · Photo: Minamishimo Kofun Group

Saitama Prefecture

111 places · Photo: Yoshimi Hundred Caves

Chiba Prefecture

112 places · Photo: Narita-san

Tokyo

399 places · Photo: National Museum of Nature and Science

Kanagawa Prefecture

197 places · Photo: Tsurugaoka Hachimangū

Niigata Prefecture

102 places · Photo: Bandai Bridge

Toyama Prefecture

68 places · Photo: Kurobe Dam

Ishikawa Prefecture

90 places · Photo: Kanazawa Castle

Fukui Prefecture

72 places · Photo: Eihei-ji Temple

Yamanashi Prefecture

90 places · Photo: Lake Sai

Nagano Prefecture

179 places · Photo: Zenkō-ji Temple

Gifu Prefecture

160 places · Photo: Gifu Castle

Shizuoka Prefecture

157 places · Photo: Kunōzan Tōshō-gū

Aichi Prefecture

243 places · Photo: Inuyama Castle

Mie Prefecture

80 places · Photo: Ise Jingū

Shiga Prefecture

154 places · Photo: Hōgon-ji Temple

Kyoto Prefecture

329 places · Photo: Gion

Osaka Prefecture

225 places · Photo: Osaka Castle Park

Hyōgo Prefecture

263 places · Photo: Himeji Castle

Nara Prefecture

268 places · Photo: Nara Park

Wakayama Prefecture

97 places · Photo: Kongō Sanmai-in Temple

Tottori Prefecture

71 places · Photo: Tottori Sand Dunes

Shimane Prefecture

108 places · Photo: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Okayama Prefecture

126 places · Photo: Kōraku-en

Hiroshima Prefecture

113 places · Photo: Itsukushima Shrine

Yamaguchi Prefecture

90 places · Photo: Kintai Bridge

Tokushima Prefecture

40 places · Photo: Tokushima Castle

Kagawa Prefecture

69 places · Photo: Kotohira-gū

Ehime Prefecture

85 places · Photo: Matsuyama Castle

Kōchi Prefecture

42 places · Photo: Kōchi Castle

Fukuoka Prefecture

178 places · Photo: Dazaifu

Saga Prefecture

70 places · Photo: Nijinomatsubara

Nagasaki Prefecture

112 places · Photo: Shimabara Castle

Kumamoto Prefecture

66 places · Photo: Aso Shrine

Ōita Prefecture

50 places · Photo: Usa Jingū

Miyazaki Prefecture

33 places · Photo: Miyazaki Jingū

Kagoshima Prefecture

85 places · Photo: Kirishima Jingū

Okinawa Prefecture

102 places · Photo: Tonaki Island

Photos (Wikimedia Commons)　Lake Mashū: Miya.m (CC BY-SA 3.0), Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum: 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Chūson-ji Temple: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Zuigan-ji Temple: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Lake Towada: Soica2001 (talk) (Public domain), Yama-dera Temple: Cp9asngf (CC BY-SA 4.0), Oze: Σ64 (CC BY 3.0), Kairaku-en: Σ64 (CC BY 4.0), Shrines and Temples of Nikkō: Koichi Sato (CC BY-SA 4.0), Minamishimo Kofun Group: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Yoshimi Hundred Caves: Nesnad (CC BY 4.0), Narita-san: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), National Museum of Nature and Science: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Tsurugaoka Hachimangū: Σ64 (CC BY 4.0), Bandai Bridge: DAI-nk (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kurobe Dam: Raki_Man (CC BY 3.0), Kanazawa Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Eihei-ji Temple: 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Lake Sai: Amarpreet.singh.in at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Zenkō-ji Temple: Unknown (Public domain), Gifu Castle: Alpsdake (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kunōzan Tōshō-gū: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Inuyama Castle: Tomio344456 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ise Jingū: MaedaAkihiko (CC0), Hōgon-ji Temple: 日:Jnn (CC BY 2.1 jp), Gion: Andreas Tack (Public domain), Osaka Castle Park: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Himeji Castle: Nikos Kitsakis (CC BY-SA 4.0), Nara Park: Martin Falbisoner (CC BY-SA 4.0), Kongō Sanmai-in Temple: Reggaeman (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tottori Sand Dunes: Hashi photo (CC BY-SA 3.0), Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Kōraku-en: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Itsukushima Shrine: JordyMeow (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kintai Bridge: Sailko (CC BY 3.0), Tokushima Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Kotohira-gū: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Matsuyama Castle: Masoud Akbari (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kōchi Castle: Unknown (Public domain), Dazaifu: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Nijinomatsubara: ascesis (CC BY-SA 3.0), Shimabara Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Aso Shrine: STA3816 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Usa Jingū: ja:User:Sanjo (CC BY-SA 3.0), Miyazaki Jingū: 京浜にけ (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kirishima Jingū: MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tonaki Island: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." (Public domain)