6 Sights in Tenri, Japan (with Map and Images)

Explore interesting sights in Tenri, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Tenri, Japan.

List of cities in Japan Sightseeing Tours in Tenri

1. 長岳寺 Chogaku-ji

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Chōgaku-ji is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is located within Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park along the Yamanobe no michi, the oldest road in Japan, at the foot of Mt. Ryūō in the Sanuki Mountains. The temple is the fourth of the thirteen Buddhist sites of Yamato, and the nineteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples.

Wikipedia: Chōgaku-ji (EN)

2. 赤土山古墳

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Akatsuchiyama Kofun (赤土山古墳, Akatsuchiyama Kofun) is an ancient tomb located in Ichimoto-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is a front and rear circular burial mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Todaijiyama burial mounds. It is designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 赤土山古墳 (JA)

3. Nishitonoduka tomb

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Nishitonozuka Kofun (西殿塚古墳, Nishitonozuka Kofun) is a burial mound located in Nakayama-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is a front and rear circular burial mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Yamato Kofun Group (Nakayama Branch Group).

Wikipedia: 西殿塚古墳 (JA)

4. 天理教教会本部

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Tenrikyo Church Headquarters is the main headquarters of the Tenrikyo religion, located in Tenri, Nara, Japan. This establishment is significant to followers because it is built around the Jiba, the spot where followers believe the god Tenri-O-no-Mikoto conceived humankind.

Wikipedia: Tenrikyo Church Headquarters (EN)

5. 和爾下神社

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Wanishita Shrine (和爾下神社, Wanishita-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Ichimoto-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. A small shrine in the ceremony, the former shrine is a village shrine and a shrine of the Shinto Shrine.

Wikipedia: 和爾下神社 (天理市) (JA)

6. Yatogi-jinja

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Yatsugi Shrine (夜都岐神社, Yatsugi-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former shrine is a village shrine. It is also written as Yatsuki Shrine and is also read as "Yatsuki" or "Yatogi".

Wikipedia: 夜都岐神社 (JA)

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