The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Fushimi Inari Taisha

Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Shinto

Head shrine of Inari worship, internationally famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates on Mount Inari.

Inari

Kiyomizu-dera

Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Buddhism

UNESCO-listed Kyoto temple famous for its wooden stage, Kannon devotion and Otowa Waterfall.

Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Byodoin Temple

Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Buddhism

UNESCO-listed Pure Land Buddhist temple in Uji, famous for the 11th-century Phoenix Hall.

Amida Buddha

Kinkaku-ji (Rokuon-ji)

Kita, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Buddhism

World-famous Zen temple in Kyoto centered on the gold-leaf-covered Golden Pavilion.