Buddhist temples in Japan
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Buddhist temples or monasteries are the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan. The shogunates or leaders of Japan have made it a priority to update and rebuild Buddhist tem
Higashi Hongan-ji in Kyoto
A torii at the entrance of Shitennō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Osaka
Honden of the Zennyo Ryūō shrine, inside a Shingon temple in Kyoto
A Buddhist-style gate (karamon) at Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū
Japanese pagoda
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Pagodas in Japan are called tō, sometimes buttō or tōba, and derive historically from the Chinese pagoda, itself an interpretation of the Indian stupa. Like the stupa, pagodas were originally used as
Japan's oldest three-storeyed pagoda at Hokki-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Pref. It was built in 706.
A reconstruction of Asuka-dera's original layout with a pagoda at its center
A rare 16-storey stone pagoda at Chōshō-ji in Kamakura
A hōtō at Ankokuron-ji