List of Buddhist temples in Japan

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This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Japan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by prefecture.

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Ehime

Fukui

Eihei-ji in Eiheiji, Fukui Eiheiji31n4592.jpg
Eihei-ji in Eiheiji, Fukui

Fukuoka

Fukushima

Gifu

Hiroshima

Hyōgo

Iwate

Kagawa

Zentsu-ji (Kukai's birthplace) Zentsu-ji in Zentsu-ji City Kagawa pref16s5s4020.jpg
Zentsū-ji (Kūkai's birthplace)

Kanagawa

Kōchi

Kyoto

Kinkaku-ji (Rinzai-Shokoku-ji sect), the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, located in Kyoto. It was built in Muromachi period. Kinkaku-ji.jpg
Kinkaku-ji (Rinzai-Shōkoku-ji sect), the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, located in Kyoto. It was built in Muromachi period.
Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto-r.jpg
Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, Kyoto

Mie

Miyagi

Nagano

Nagasaki

Nagoya

Nara

Todai-ji's Daibutsu in Nara, Nara Daibutsu of Todaiji 2.jpg
Tōdai-ji's Daibutsu in Nara, Nara
Horyu-ji in Ikaruga, Nara Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg
Hōryū-ji in Ikaruga, Nara

Okayama

Osaka

Saitama

Shiga

Konpon Chu-do of Enryakuji in Otsu, Shiga Enryakuji Konponchudo04n4272.jpg
Konpon Chū-dō of Enryakuji in Ōtsu, Shiga

Shizuoka

Tochigi

Tokushima

Tokyo

Toyama

Wakayama

Danjogaran of Mount Koya Danjogaran Koyasan12n3200.jpg
Danjogaran of Mount Kōya

Yamagata

Yamaguchi

Yamanashi

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