Most Popular Places To Visit in Japan (Buddhist temples): Top 50 by English-Reader Interest
These are the 50 places to visit in Japan (Buddhist temples) that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Kiyomizu-dera.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺 | Buddhist temple | 10,400 |
| 2 | Kinkaku-ji Temple 鹿苑寺 | Buddhist temple | 10,300 |
| 3 | Tōdai-ji Temple 東大寺 | Buddhist temple | 10,100 |
| 4 | Sensō-ji Temple 浅草寺 | Buddhist temple | 9,500 |
| 5 | Hōryū-ji Temple 法隆寺 | Buddhist temple | 5,700 |
| 6 | Kōtoku-in Temple 高徳院 | Buddhist temple | 5,100 |
| 7 | Sendai Daikannon Temple 大観密寺 | Buddhist temple | 4,000 |
| 8 | Byōdō-in Temple 平等院 | Buddhist temple | 3,900 |
| 9 | Ryōan-ji Temple 龍安寺 | Buddhist temple | 3,200 |
| 10 | Tenryū-ji Temple 天龍寺 | Buddhist temple | 2,900 |
| 11 | Shitennō-ji Temple 四天王寺 | Buddhist temple | 2,500 |
| 12 | Tō-ji Temple 東寺 | Buddhist temple | 2,300 |
| 13 | Ginkaku-ji Temple 慈照寺 | Buddhist temple | 2,300 |
| 14 | Enryaku-ji Temple 延暦寺 | Buddhist temple | 2,200 |
| 15 | Sanjūsangen-dō Temple 三十三間堂 | Buddhist temple | 2,100 |
| 16 | Honnō-ji Temple 本能寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,700 |
| 17 | Kōfuku-ji Temple 興福寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,700 |
| 18 | Zōjō-ji Temple 増上寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,600 |
| 19 | Renkō-ji Temple 蓮光寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,500 |
| 20 | Gōtoku-ji Temple 豪徳寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,400 |
| 21 | Sengaku-ji Temple 泉岳寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,400 |
| 22 | Daishō-in Temple 大聖院 | Buddhist temple | 1,400 |
| 23 | Higashi Hongan-ji Temple 東本願寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,300 |
| 24 | Eihei-ji Temple 永平寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,300 |
| 25 | Katsuō-ji Temple 勝尾寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,200 |
| 26 | Okuno-in Temple 奥之院 | Buddhist temple | 1,200 |
| 27 | Zenkō-ji Temple 善光寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,200 |
| 28 | Daitoku-ji Temple 大徳寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,100 |
| 29 | Nanzen-ji Temple 南禅寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,100 |
| 30 | Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple 愛宕念仏寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,000 |
| 31 | Kennin-ji Temple 建仁寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,000 |
| 32 | Yakushi-ji Temple 薬師寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,000 |
| 33 | Nanzo-in Temple 南蔵院 | Buddhist temple | 1,000 |
| 34 | Hase-dera Temple 長谷寺 | Buddhist temple | 1,000 |
| 35 | Hongan-ji Temple 本願寺 | Buddhist temple | 900 |
| 36 | Daigo-ji Temple 醍醐寺 | Buddhist temple | 900 |
| 37 | Chion-in Temple 知恩院 | Buddhist temple | 800 |
| 38 | Kan'ei-ji Temple 寛永寺 | Buddhist temple | 800 |
| 39 | Tōfuku-ji Temple 東福寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 40 | Engaku-ji Temple 円覚寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 41 | Seiganto-ji Temple 青岸渡寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 42 | Taiseki-ji Temple 大石寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 43 | Kōdai-ji Temple 高台寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 44 | Kurama-dera Temple 鞍馬寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 45 | Narita-san 成田山新勝寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 46 | Asuka-dera Temple 飛鳥寺 | Buddhist temple | 700 |
| 47 | Saihō-ji Temple 西芳寺 | Buddhist temple | 600 |
| 48 | Kenchō-ji Temple 建長寺 | Buddhist temple | 600 |
| 49 | Yama-dera Temple 立石寺 | Buddhist temple | 600 |
| 50 | Hōsen-in Temple 宝泉院 | Buddhist temple | 600 |
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- Page views measure how often English-speaking readers look a place up. They are a sign of interest, not a quality score, and well-known names naturally rank higher.
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Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.