Best Shrines And Temples In Kanto

Here're best Shrines And Temples in Kanto. We released a ranking of reviews about Shrines And Temples posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Kanto.

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Ibaraki

Amabiki Kannon Temple

4 Reviews

The picked and floated hydrangea on a pond is like otherworldly scene. I like this very beautiful world! They'll change and float hydrangeas till around 7/20. And don't forget to pay homage at a temple, too.

Oarai Isosaki Shrine

6 Reviews

The Kamiiso Shrine is famous as a spiritual place. Because it is on seashore and face to due east, the sunrise view looks mystic and attracts visitors. But it is dependent upon the weather.

Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine

3 Reviews

The broadleaf trees as old as 300 years old and camellia grow voluntary. This approach is like a tree tunnel, and known as a sacred spiritual power spot. I could get the power.◎East Gate of Katsuta Station of JR Joban Line. 5 min from Isosaki Station of Minato Line. By car, 70 min from Misato IC of Joban Speedway

Tokyo

Senso-ji Temple

13 Reviews

Asakusa is excellent with Kimono, Japanese traditional dress. Kimono looks beautiful at Senso-ji Temple and Edo-machi around it. In the season of New Year Days, Nakamise-dori is decorated with New Year ornaments, and we can enjoy happier atmosphere than usual.

Gotoku-ji Temple

4 Reviews

Gotokuji Temple is known as a birthplace of Beckoning Cat (Maneki-neko: cat ornament able to bring good lucks together). There're so many Beckoning Cats that had brought lucks and been dedicated back to the temple. I wonder how many lucks they brought! I think I can receive a share of happiness, and it's a must see spot for cat-loving people.◎You can buy Beckoning Cat at a temple office (9:00-17:00). And you're lucky if you can ride or see the Beckoning Cat Train of Tokyu Setagaya Line (nearest station: Miyanosaka), because there's only one train with a illustration of cat.

Sakura Jingu Shrine

6 Reviews

Sakura Jingu Shrine in Sakurashinmachi is a shrine that is beneficial for warding off evil, praying for success, prosperous business, and marriage. Many flower belts with good luck are tied to the Kawazu cherry blossoms and the weeping cherry blossoms in the precincts. The pink cherry tree is more gorgeous.

Tochigi

Nikko Toshogu Shrine

7 Reviews

The most famous thing in Nikko Toshogu Shrine is this Yōmei-mon Arch. It's resistered as a world heritage. This Yomeimon gate has an Edo period architectural style, crafts, sculptures, paintings, and all of the cultures of this age.  

Ōya-ji Temple

1 Reviews

Though pictures are prohibited, Ōya Kan'non is a thousand-armed Kannon carved in in stone. There're 10 Magai-butsu (images of Buddha carved in stone walls) which are oldest in Japan, and all of them are nation's historic sites. It's really surprising that they're carved in the ancient Horizontal Stone Chamber. Admission fees: 400 yen. Access: 25 min by bus from JR Utsunomiya Station, then 1 min walk. By car, 10 min from Utsunomiya IC.

Isoyama Benzaiten Shrine

1 Reviews

Isoyama Benzaiten Shrine is built up on the steep slope of cliff and mountain, and uses the limestone as it is for the walls, which is really rare in Japan. The scenery of the Kanto Plain seen from the shrine is decorated with the greens around, and makes me sigh with its beauty.◎Access by train, use Sano Station of JR Ryomou Line. By city bus, 35 min from Sano Station of Tobu Sano Line, to Akami Onsen. By car, 15 min from Sano Tanuma IC, or 30 min from Sano Fujioka IC.

Kanagawa

Meigetsuin Temple

11 Reviews

Kamakura is renown for hydrangea in this season, and Meigetsuin Temple is one of the most popular places. There're 2500 trees of hydrangea in beautiful colors admired as 'Meigetsuin Blue'. You can meet the beautiful scenery of rainy season, together with the bamboo grove.◎To enjoy seeing and taking pictures of hydrangeas enough, it'll be better for you to visit as soon as Meigetsuin Temple opens, or about one hour before it closes.

Hakone Shrine

4 Reviews

A shrine famous for the divine help for money and success in life stands along the Ashino-ko Lake. If the weather is good, you can see the torii and Mt.Fuji together on the lake from the opposite bank.◎Access: To Motohakone by bus, train or ferry. And walk 10 min. Parking lot is available.

Hase-dera Temple

7 Reviews

Myogetsuin Temple is the most famous as a hydrangea temple in Kamakura, but Hase-dera is also a great spot of many hydrangeas. You can enjoy beautiful hydrangeas, and let's try to find smiling Ryoen Jizo images and a big Nagomi Jizo.

Saitama

Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

6 Reviews

Photos taken on July 6th. The annual summer event 'Enmusubi Furin'. I wore Yukata, and came to Kawagoe on the first day of this event. Waking around the path of wind bells, and feeling the comfortable winds, I felt refreshed so much, though the weather forecast was rainy. You can see the beautiful scenery of green leaves and colorful wind bells.

Mitsumine Shrine

2 Reviews

1 hour drive from Chichibu city. Mitsumine Shrine is surrounded with deep forest. After you find the huge trees, clear air, and fantastic atmosphere, gorgeous vermilion Nio-mon Gate and a shrine will appear. Because it has been a spiritual place since the old time, our mind must be washed away by the power and beauty of nature.◎Access: bus is available from Seibu Chichibu Station and Mitsumine Yamaguchi Station. You can get white lucky charm 'Kisyu' on only 1st day of every month. The nearest IC is Hanazono of Kan'etsu Speedway

Hodosan Shrine

2 Reviews

In Nagatoro, Chichibu, Hodosan Shrine has wonderful ornaments made elaborately in fine detail. Here is a very nice destination for cherry blossoms in spring, fresh verdure in summer and colored foliage in autumn.

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Asakusa is excellent with Kimono, Japanese traditional dress. Kimono looks beautiful at Senso-ji Temple and Edo-machi around it. In the season of New Year Days, Nakamise-dori is decorated with New Year ornaments, and we can enjoy happier atmosphere than usual.

Name

Senso-ji Temple

Address

2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Tel

03-3842-0181

Hours

6:00-17:00

Fee

Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen

How to get there

5 min walk from Asakusa Station. By car or taxi, 30 min from Shinagawa Station, 20 min from Tokyo Station or 50 min from Hanada Airport.

Parking

Nearby toll parking area is available

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Kamakura is renown for hydrangea in this season, and Meigetsuin Temple is one of the most popular places. There're 2500 trees of hydrangea in beautiful colors admired as 'Meigetsuin Blue'. You can meet the beautiful scenery of rainy season, together with the bamboo grove.◎To enjoy seeing and taking pictures of hydrangeas enough, it'll be better for you to visit as soon as Meigetsuin Temple opens, or about one hour before it closes.

Name

Meigetsuin Temple

Address

189 Yamanouchi, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

0467-24-3437

Hours

9:00-16:00

How to get there

10 min walk from Kitakamakura Station. 7 min by bus from Kamakura Station to Meigetsuin Temple. No parking area.

Parking

No parking area

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The most famous thing in Nikko Toshogu Shrine is this Yōmei-mon Arch. It's resistered as a world heritage. This Yomeimon gate has an Edo period architectural style, crafts, sculptures, paintings, and all of the cultures of this age.  

Name

Nikko Toshogu Shrine

Address

2301 Sannai, Nikko-shi, TochigiGoogle Map

Tel

0288-54-0560

Hours

8:00-17:00,8:00-16:00

How to get there

Parking

Parking area is available

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The Kamiiso Shrine is famous as a spiritual place. Because it is on seashore and face to due east, the sunrise view looks mystic and attracts visitors. But it is dependent upon the weather.

Name

Oarai Isosaki Shrine

Address

6890 Isohama-cho Oarai-machi, , Higashiibaraki-gun, IbarakiGoogle Map

Tel

029-267-2637

How to get there

Bus:15min from Oarai Station, get off at 'Oarai Isosaki Shrine'. Car: 15min from Mito Oarai IC

Parking

Parking area is available

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Myogetsuin Temple is the most famous as a hydrangea temple in Kamakura, but Hase-dera is also a great spot of many hydrangeas. You can enjoy beautiful hydrangeas, and let's try to find smiling Ryoen Jizo images and a big Nagomi Jizo.

Name

Hase-dera Temple

Address

3-11-2 Hase, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

0467-22-6300

Hours

8:00-17:00

How to get there

5 min walk from Hase Station of Enoden. 5 min walk from JR Hasekan'non Station. By car, 50 min from Yokohama city. Toll parking area is available.

Parking

Toll parking area is available

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A shrine famous for the divine help for money and success in life stands along the Ashino-ko Lake. If the weather is good, you can see the torii and Mt.Fuji together on the lake from the opposite bank.◎Access: To Motohakone by bus, train or ferry. And walk 10 min. Parking lot is available.

Name

Hakone Shrine

Address

80-1 Motohakone Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, KanagawaGoogle Map

How to get there

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Gotokuji Temple is known as a birthplace of Beckoning Cat (Maneki-neko: cat ornament able to bring good lucks together). There're so many Beckoning Cats that had brought lucks and been dedicated back to the temple. I wonder how many lucks they brought! I think I can receive a share of happiness, and it's a must see spot for cat-loving people.◎You can buy Beckoning Cat at a temple office (9:00-17:00). And you're lucky if you can ride or see the Beckoning Cat Train of Tokyu Setagaya Line (nearest station: Miyanosaka), because there's only one train with a illustration of cat.

Name

Gotoku-ji Temple

Address

2-24-7 Gotoku-ji, Setagaya-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Hours

6:00-18:00

How to get there

12min walk from Gotokuji Station of Odakyu Line, or 5 min walk from Miyanosaka Staion of Tokyu Setagaya Line.

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Sakura Jingu Shrine in Sakurashinmachi is a shrine that is beneficial for warding off evil, praying for success, prosperous business, and marriage. Many flower belts with good luck are tied to the Kawazu cherry blossoms and the weeping cherry blossoms in the precincts. The pink cherry tree is more gorgeous.

Name

Sakura Jingu Shrine

Address

3-21-3, Shin-machi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

03-3429-0869

How to get there

2 min walk, from Sakurashinmachi Station.

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The picked and floated hydrangea on a pond is like otherworldly scene. I like this very beautiful world! They'll change and float hydrangeas till around 7/20. And don't forget to pay homage at a temple, too.

Name

Amabiki Kannon Temple

Address

1 Motogi, Sakuragawa-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map

How to get there

20 min by bus from JR Iwase Station to Amabiki Kannon. By car or taxi, 10 min from JR Iwase Station, or 50 min from Mito city. Parking area is available.

Parking

Parking area is available

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Photos taken on July 6th. The annual summer event 'Enmusubi Furin'. I wore Yukata, and came to Kawagoe on the first day of this event. Waking around the path of wind bells, and feeling the comfortable winds, I felt refreshed so much, though the weather forecast was rainy. You can see the beautiful scenery of green leaves and colorful wind bells.

Name

Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

Address

2-11-3 Miyashita-machi, Kawagoe-shi, SaitamaGoogle Map

Tel

049-224-0589

How to get there

10 min by bus from JR Kawagoe Station to the shrine. By car, 40 min from Saitama city.

Parking

Parking area is available

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It's a well in the Meiji Jingu Shrine's woods in Tokyo. Here's called the first spiritual power spot. If you set a picture of here as a wallpaper of your phone, you may have a divine grace.

Name

Meiji Jingu Shrine

Address

1-1 Yoyogikamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Tel

03-3379-9281

Hours

5:00-18:00

How to get there

3 min walk from Harajuku Station. By car or taxi, 25 min from Shinagawa Station, 25 min from Tokyo Station, or 45 min from Haneda Airport.

Parking

Parking area is available

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The Tanabata Festival at Zōjoji Temple and the candle night of Japanese paper are fantastic and beautiful enough to be seen all the time. The work of turning on the lights one by one is also impressive. Collaboration with Tokyo Tower is also good.

Name

Zojoji Temple

Address

4-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Tel

03-3432-1431

Hours

9:00-17:00

How to get there

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The path in bamboo grove wrapped in quietness. Looking up the bamboo in the sky, there's the play of sunlight through them. They're so beautiful that I want to watch them for a longer time. And, green tea and Japanese sweets to eat with peaceful minds in this garden. You can see also camellia with bamboo till around April.◎Kamakura Station East Gate bus stop No.5. Jomyoji bus stop, walk 3min, Entrance fee: 200yen, green tea and sweets required more 500yen.

Name

Houkoku-ji Temple

Address

2-7-4 Jomyoji, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

0467-22-0762

Hours

9:00-16:00

How to get there

By car, 10min from Asahina IC, 7min from Kamakura Station. By bus, 8min from Kamakura Station, get off at 'Jomyoji Temple', then walk 3min.

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Hakusan Shrine is well-known as a hydrangea shrine in Tokyo downtown. In July, about 3000 trees of hydrangea color the precinct beautifully. You must see the hydrangea-surrounding Komainu (a stone guardian dog)!

Name

Hakusan Shrine

Address

5-31-26 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

How to get there

2 min walk from Hakusan Shrine of Mita Subway Line. 7 min walk from Komagome Station of Namboku Subway Line. 3 min walk from Hakusan Bus Stop.

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The broadleaf trees as old as 300 years old and camellia grow voluntary. This approach is like a tree tunnel, and known as a sacred spiritual power spot. I could get the power.◎East Gate of Katsuta Station of JR Joban Line. 5 min from Isosaki Station of Minato Line. By car, 70 min from Misato IC of Joban Speedway

Name

Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine

Address

4607-2 Isozaki-cho, Hitachinaka-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map

How to get there

10 min walk from Isazaki Station. By car, 10 min from Hitachi Kaihin Koen IC (Hitachi Seaside Park IC).

Parking

Free parking area is available

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Nezu Shrine is celebrated as a spiritual power spot in Tokyo, and 6612 square meters Azalea Garden has been its best. The scenery of Senbon Torii (one thousand torii gates standing in a line) located at the both sides of Otome Inari Shrine in the precinct is one of the best things to see here. Azalea Festival is holding till May 6th.◎Opening hours: 9:00-17:30. Entrance fee: 200yen. Access: 5 min walk from Sendagi Station 1st Gate. I entered from North Torii Gate, and went through Senbon Torii, and arrived Azalea Garden. When I left the shrine, Senbon Torii was crowded with many people. As you expect, the early morning is better. Please check HP to find other ways to visit Azalea Garden. You can look the blooming conditions by live camera. I think it's good for you to visit sooner.

Name

Nezu Shrine

Address

1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

How to get there

5 min walk from Nezu Station of Chiyoda Line, Sendagi Station, and Todai-mae Station

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Kamakura's symbol and well-known second statue of Buddha of Kotoku-in. It struck by disasters many times, and there's few materials to know its birth. It attracts us mysteriously.

Name

Kotokuin

Address

4-2-28 Hase, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

0467-22-0703

Hours

8:00-17:30

How to get there

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In Nagatoro, Chichibu, Hodosan Shrine has wonderful ornaments made elaborately in fine detail. Here is a very nice destination for cherry blossoms in spring, fresh verdure in summer and colored foliage in autumn.

Name

Hodosan Shrine

Address

1828 Nagatoro Nagatoro-cho, Chichibu-gun, SaitamaGoogle Map

Tel

0494-66-0084

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This temple, located in quiet North Kamakura, is famous for a great writer Natsume Soseki's visiting. Going through the temple gate which was written in a novel 'Mon 門', the orderly precinct has had the historical atmosphere since the ancient times. They hold various events of Zen meditation, why don't you join?◎Entrance Fee: adult 300yen child 100yen Access: 1min walk from Kitakamakura Station of JR Yokosuka Line. Zen meditation for dawn, Saturdays, Sundays and students.

Name

Engaku-ji Temple

Address

409 Yamanouchi, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

0467-22-0478

Hours

8:00-16:30

How to get there

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1 hour drive from Chichibu city. Mitsumine Shrine is surrounded with deep forest. After you find the huge trees, clear air, and fantastic atmosphere, gorgeous vermilion Nio-mon Gate and a shrine will appear. Because it has been a spiritual place since the old time, our mind must be washed away by the power and beauty of nature.◎Access: bus is available from Seibu Chichibu Station and Mitsumine Yamaguchi Station. You can get white lucky charm 'Kisyu' on only 1st day of every month. The nearest IC is Hanazono of Kan'etsu Speedway

Name

Mitsumine Shrine

Address

298-1 Mitumine, Chichibu-shi, SaitamaGoogle Map

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