| 1．Zenpuku-ji ・1-6-21 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), also known as Azabu-san (麻布山), is a Jōdo Shinshū temple located in the Azabu district of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the oldest Tokyo temples, after Asakusa. |
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| 2．Myōryū-ji ・1-2-12 Nomachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken ・Buddhism |
| Myōryū-ji (妙立寺), commonly known as Ninja-dera ("Ninja Temple"), is a Buddhist temple belonging to Nichiren sect located in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. While not actually associated with ninjas, the temple earned its nickname because of its many deceptive defences. In 1585 Maeda Toshiie, the founding daimyō of Kaga Domain, built a chapel within Kanazawa Castle as a prayer place of Kaga Domain. In 1643, Maeda Toshitsune, the third daimyō of Kaga Domain, relocated the chapel to a new site in the Tera-machi district to the south of the castle, and ordered the construction of a full temple. The temple layout and location were part of the domain's defensive plans against a possible attack by the central government (Tokugawa shogunate). |
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| 3．Yamanotera ・ |
| Yamanotera (山の寺) is the collective name for a group of temples located on a hill in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1581, Maeda Toshiie, the Sengoku period ruler of Noto Province ordered the construction of 29 Buddhist temples as part of the defenses of Nanao Castle. All of the major Buddhist sects were represented, with the exception of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, which was the sect of the Ikkō-ikki movement that Maeda Toshiie was attempting to suppress. Today sixteen temples remain[1] in 1581 and are considered of great historical importance to the local people. |
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| 4．Noto Kokubun-ji ・Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan |
| The Noto Kokubun-ji (能登国分寺) was a Buddhist temple located in what is now the city of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1974.[2] |
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