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Kōtoku-in Temple
is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is , and its common temple name is .
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Byōdō-in Temple
is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) and Tendai-shū (Heavenly Level) sects.
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Chion-in Temple
in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise (Pure Land) by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name.
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Zenkō-ji Temple
right|thumb|The Gardens of Zenkō-ji, 2004 '''''' is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. It is one of the few remaining pilgrimage sites in Japan. The modern city of Nagano began as a town built around the temple.
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Zōjō-ji Temple
thumb|Aerial view of Zojoji as seen from Tokyo Tower
Hase-dera Temple
Buddhist temple in Kamakura
Taima-dera Temple
thumb|300 px|Taima-dera thumb|250 px|Taima-dera's twin pagodas is a Buddhist temple located in the Taima neighborhood of the city of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon and Jōdo traditions of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is the Taima Mandala, a graphical representation of the Pure Land. The temple's full name is Nijō-san Zenrin-ji (二上山 禅林寺).The temple is a pilgrimage site for Pure Land Buddhists, and for its connection to the legend of Princess Chūjō, as well as for its twin triple-story pagodas built in the Nara period to the early Heian period.
Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Seiryō-ji Temple
thumb|Front view
Hōnen-in Temple
thumb|upright|Gate to Hōnen-in Hōnen-in (法然院) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan.
An'yō-in Temple
Buddhist temple
Ekō-in Temple
, also known as Honjo Ekō-in, is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo. The formal name of the temple is , reflecting its founding principle of Pariṇāmanā, or the spreading of Amida Buddha's benevolence to all souls of all living creatures.
Konkaikōmyō-ji Temple
thumb| thumb|1890 '''', also the Kurodani Temple'', is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Head Temple of the Jōdo Sect of Buddhism.
Shandao Temple
largest Buddhist temple in Taipei
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Kōon-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Kaizuka, Japan
Jōkan-ji Temple
thumb|Modern entrance of Jōkan-ji in Arakawa, Tokyo thumb|Cemetery of Jōkan-ji Jōkan-ji () is a Buddhist temple in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. Its cemetery houses the remains of about 25,000 prostitutes and fire victims of the Yoshiwara quarter of the Edo period. A memorial to the dead was consecrated in the Meiji era.
Kai Zenkō-ji Temple thumbnail
Kai Zenkō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
Isshin-ji Temple
is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Starting in the Meiji period, thirteen images have been formed, each incorporating the ashes of tens of thousands of devotees. The annual burial ceremony on 21 April in turn draws tens of thousands of worshippers.
Mama Kannon Temple
temple in Komaki, Aichi
Daiju-ji Temple
thumb| Daiju-ji () is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect located in Okazaki, Aichi. Built by Matsudaira Chikatada (松平 親忠) in 1475, Daiju-ji was the family temple of the Matsudaira (松平氏) and Tokugawa clans (德川氏) which ruled Japan between 1600 and 1868. The Tahōtō of Daiju-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan, was built by Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (松平 清康), grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu (德川 家康).
Yūten-ji Temple
thumb|left|New Year's Shrine Visit at Yūtenji is a temple of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect in Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Hōzen-ji Temple
building in Chuo-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kōmyō-ji Temple
building in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan