# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Jingo-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/jingo-ji): Kyoto, Temple. A mountain temple of 824 above the Kiyotaki gorge, reached by about 400 stone steps, where visitors throw clay discs off the cliff to shed misfortune. - [Okadera](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/okadera): Nara, Temple. A temple on the slope of Mount Oka in Asuka, formally Ryugai-ji, that calls itself Japan's first temple for warding off bad luck. Its main image is a seated Nyoirin Kannon 4.85 metres tall, made in the Nara period and, by the temple's account, the largest clay Buddhist statue in Japan. Spring brings about 3,000 rhododendrons and, over Golden Week, dahlias floating in the pond and the hand-washing basin. The approach is uphill, and the nearest station by name is the wrong one. - [Kongobu-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kongobu-ji): Wakayama, Temple. The administrative head temple of the Koyasan Shingon school, known for its sweeping tiled roof, painted sliding screens and Banryutei, said to be the largest rock garden in Japan. - [Manpuku-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/manpuku-ji): Kyoto, Temple. Head temple of the Obaku school of Zen, founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Ingen and built in late Ming style, with teak halls, round windows and a laughing Hotei in the gate hall. It is 5 minutes from Obaku Station, entry is 500 yen, and the Chinese-style fucha vegetarian lunch must be booked three days ahead. - [Sanzen-in](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sanzen-in): Kyoto, Temple. A Tendai monzeki temple in the Ohara valley, an hour north of the city, where moss gardens hide small carved jizo and a 12th-century hall holds a National Treasure Amida triad. - [Honno-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/honno-ji): Kyoto, Temple. The Nichiren-school temple linked to Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582, rebuilt on Teramachi-dori in 1592. The grounds and Nobunaga's mausoleum are free; the treasure house costs 700 yen. - [Sengaku-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sengaku-ji): Tokyo, Temple. The Zen temple in Takanawa where the 47 ronin of the Chushingura story are buried beside their lord, Asano Naganori. The grounds are free, a 500 yen incense fee is asked at the graves, and the museum costs 500 yen. - [Daisho-in](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/daisho-in): Hiroshima, Temple. Miyajima's oldest temple, at the foot of Mount Misen, traced by tradition to Kukai in 806. Stone steps lined with prayer wheels and small rakan statues lead up through the halls, and the grounds are free to walk around. - [Abe Monju-in](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/abe-monju-in): Nara, Temple. A temple of the Abe clan south of Sakurai Station. The main hall holds a group of five National Treasures by Kaikei, led by a Monju bodhisattva on a lion about 7 m tall and dated 1203. Temple tradition says the onmyoji Abe no Seimei was born here. The grounds, a 7th-century stone tomb you can step into, and the seasonal flower plots are free; the halls cost 700 yen each, or 1,200 yen for both. - [Shokoku-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shokoku-ji): Kyoto, Temple. The head temple of Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji, just north of the Imperial Palace, with Japan's oldest surviving dharma hall and its crying-dragon ceiling. The halls open only in spring and autumn; the Jotenkaku Museum on the grounds shows the three temples' treasures, with two Ito Jakuchu wall paintings always on view. - [Mitaki-dera](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mitaki-dera): Hiroshima, Temple. A Shingon temple on a wooded slope in Nishi Ward, named for the three small waterfalls on its grounds. Water from its streams is offered each year at the Peace Memorial Ceremony, and the red pagoda by the gate was moved here in 1951 to honor the atomic bomb victims. The path is steep and narrow, and autumn weekends get busy. - [Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji Temple](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kiyoshikojin-seicho-ji-temple): Hyogo, Temple. A climbing shopping street leads to Kiyoshikojin, where Buddhist worship meets devotion to the guardian of fire and the household hearth. The approach and wooded temple grounds make a rewarding walk from the Hankyu Takarazuka line. - [Tsukiji Hongan-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsukiji-hongan-ji): Tokyo, Temple. A Jodo Shinshu temple whose 1934 main hall, designed by Ito Chuta, looks like ancient Indian Buddhist architecture outside and a traditional Shin hall inside. Free to enter, a minute from Tsukiji Station, with a cafe known for its 18-dish breakfast. - [Kan'ei-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kan-ei-ji): Tokyo, Temple. Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family temple and holds the graves of six shoguns. The 1868 Battle of Ueno burned it, and today's main hall is a building moved from Kawagoe in 1879. - [Ukimido Floating Hall](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ukimido-floating-hall): Shiga, Temple. A small temple hall of Mangetsu-ji that stands out over Lake Biwa on piles at Katata, long celebrated as one of the classic Eight Views of Omi. Page 7 of 9. 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