Churches - Japan
1582 documented abandoned churches have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Miyazu (17), Okayama-shi (16), Toyooka (15). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Miyagi (31)
- Shiga Prefecture (31)
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- Yamaguchi (28)
- Wakayama (28)
- Shimane (28)
- Yamagata (27)
- Aomori (27)
- Ehime (25)
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- Mie (24)
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- Ishikawa (22)
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- Niigata (21)
- Tokushima (19)
- Okinawa (17)
- Akita (17)
- Oita (15)
- Yamanashi (14)
- Toyama (13)
- Miyazaki (10)
- Kochi (7)
All locations
- 7-Storied Pagoda Ruins (Kokubunji)
- Abandoned Inari Shrine (Jōbon-ji Shinji Inari Shrine) (Kashihara-shi)
- Aboshinnozuka Tumulus (Ashiya)
- Aburataki Shrine (Okayama-shi)
- Aizawa Shrine (Yuza)
- Akagi Shrine (Ota)
- Akanita Church Ruins (Fukuecho)
- Akasaka Shrine (Hachinohe)
- Akasome Shrine (Uwajima)
- Akechi Mitsuhide Yukari no Hokora (Chino)
- Akirakenzanhikarikumo Temple (Shiida)
- Akirakunitama Shrine (Sukagawa)
- Anyōji Temple ruins (Ibusuki)
- Aoba Castle Honmaru Hall (Miyagi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Event Venue) (Sendai)
- Aogishi Shrine Ruins (Minato)
- Araiisozaki Shrine (Shimokizukuri)
- Asama Shrine Tomb (Kisarazu)
- Ashitakeyama Parking Lot (Shobara)
- Asuka Higashigaito Ruins (Tabure-gokoro-no-mizo) (Sakurai)
- Asuwa Shrine (Fukui-shi)
- Atago Shrine (Takahagi)
- Atago Shrine (Funehikimachi-funehiki)
- Atago Shrine (Mitsukaido)
- Atago-yama Shrine Ruins (Inashiki)
- Atamadai Shell Midden (Omigawa)
- Atsumigokoku Shrine (Tahara)
- Avici Well (Kanaya)
- Awashima Shrine (Otawara)
- Awashironohachiman Shrine (Shinshiro)
- Ayamezuka Kofun (Maki)
- Bannosawa Shrine (Bibai)
- Bashō Haiku Monument (Ruins of Uchiyama Eikyūji Temple) (Tenri)
- Benten Shrine (Shiroi)
- Benten-ike Pond (Hachioji)
- Benzaite Shrine (Saitama)
- Berlin Wall Fragment (Osaka-shi)
- Bessho Shrine (Heda)
- Betsuin of Koshoji Temple (Kogota)
- Big Gingko on Fukuzenji temple ruins (Takayama)
- British Anglican Church ruins monument (Nagasaki-shi)
- Burial Cave in Iwayaji Temple Site (Matsue-shi)
- Burial Mound of Ota Dokan (Isehara)
- Burial Mounds of Tamawakasu-mikoto Shrine (Sakaiminato)
- Busshari-tou (Buddhist Relic Śarīra Stupa) (Aso)
- Cambodian Rest House (Beida Thom Temple) (Hadano)
- Cape Ochiishi (Nemuro)
- Cenotaph (Aomori Shi)
- Cenotaph (Urayasu)
- Chiaraitaki Shrine Chushajonochiisanahokora (Tsuyama)
- Chihen Ji - Chihen Temple (Kumamoto)
- Chikara-ishi Stone (Shingu)
- Chikatsu Shrine (Ishikawa)
- Chinju Sumera Shrine (Narita)
- Chinkokuji Temple Ruins (Gojo)
- Choenji (Hirosaki)
- Chojagahara Temple Site (Ichinoseki)
- Chokushijotenzen Temple (Dazaifu)
- Chūgū-ji Temple Ruin Historic Site Park (Tawaramoto)
- Collection of Ouchi Clan Ruins, Ryouun Temple (Yamaguchi-shi)
- Compilation Place of Ogura Hyakunin’isshu Poetry (Muko)
- Daiji-in Temple Nakaseikomura Kannon (Kaminoyama)
- Daijinushidai Shrine (Ube)
- Daikenji (Odawara)
- Daimon-guchi Nyonin-do Temple Remains (Koya)
- Dainiji Daigokuden Ruins (Nara-shi)
- Daishoji Temple Ruins (Weeping cherry blossoms) (Nabari)
- Demolished site of Shurin-ji Temple Garden (Kitahama)
- Denpoji temple ruins (Furudate)
- Donoue Ruins (Takayama)
- Dorobo-bashi (Thief’s Bridge) (Kawagoe)
- Doryu-ji Temple Ruins (Kanoya)
- Emperor Gotoba Burial Ground (Sakaiminato)
- Enmeikon Root (Takarazuka)
- Enpuku-ji (Ota)
- Ensei Temple (Ryotsu-minato)
- Etchū Kokubunji Temple Ruins (Nishishinminato)
- Ex-Getsupo-ji Temple Ruins (Kameoka)
- Former Hirosaki Aquarium Site (Hirosaki)
- Former Kumano-do Shrine Torii Gate Site (Yokotemachi)
- Former Manganji Temple Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Former Matsumoto Pharmacy Stores and Main Building (Karatsu)
- Former Oto Town Hall (Koya)
- Former Shin-Yakushiji Temple Precinct (Nara-shi)
- Former Site of Shirasu Tatara Ironworks (Hagi)
- Former place of Kokutaiji Temple and Atago Pond (Hiroshima-shi)
- Fujitani-Komon Archaeological Site Monument (Kamakura)
- Fujiwara Shrine (Wakimachi)
- Fukasawa Abandoned Bicycles' Storage Site (Tokyo)
- Fukasawatai Shrine (Furukawa)
- Fukaura Shrine (Kochi-shi)
- Fukuishi Shrine (Fujinomiya)
- Funaishimiyaten Shrine (Kanzakimachi-kanzaki)
- Funerary Pagoda (Fujisawa)
- Fuoji Temple (Sukagawa)
- Furono Falls (Utashinai)
- Furumine Shrine (Chichibu)
- Furumine Shrine (Yamagata-shi)
- Fushimi Ichirizuka Milestone (Gyokusei-ji) (Mishima)
- Fushimiinari Shrine (Yokosuka)
- Futara Shrine (Iwaki)
- Gentaiyama Shrine (Ichinoseki)
- Gessouji Temple Ruins (Komoro)
- Gokokuzan Tajimakokubun Temple (Toyooka)
- Gokurakuji (Kitakami)
- Good King Temple Castle Ruins (Wakuya)
- Gotenzan Shrine (Sapporo)
- Grave of Princess Centipede (Morioka-shi)
- Grave of Tokugawa Tadanaga (Takasaki)
- Hachidaibo Templesite (Hadano)
- Hachiman Shrine (Nagahama)
- Hachiman Shrine (Kazo)
- Hachiman Shrine (Kanazawa-shi)
- Hachiman Shrine (Youkaichi)
- Hachiman Shrine (Kamojimacho-jogejima)
- Hachiman Shrine Ruins (Kawaguchi)
- Hachimandai Shrine (Katori-shi)
- Hachimanzuka Kofun (Tokyo)
- Hachio Shrine (Hamakita)
- Hagi Castle Myokyu-ji Temple Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle, Doshunji Temple Ruins (Hagi)
- Hai Shrine (Shimo-furano)
- Haihachiman Shrine (Kashihara)
- Haitaka Shrine (Uwajima)
- Haji Momoi Ruins of the Waste Temple (Tottori)
- Hakkoinari Shrine (Mino)
- Hakuryu Shrine (Shimonoseki)
- Hakusan Burial Mounds & Nishono Historic Remains (Konan)
- Hakusan Shrine (Bungo-Takada-shi)
- Hakusan Shrine (Okaya)
- Hakusan Shrine (Fukui-shi)
- Hamadashiroyama Park Parking Lot (Hamada)
- Hanegiinari Shrine (Tamana)
- Haruna Shrine (Nakanojomachi)
- Hasamiishi Shrine (Shimoda)
- Hashizu Tumulus 1 (Kurayoshi)
- Hayahi Shrine (Niimi)
- Hayao Shrine (Miyazu)
- Hei Shrine Kofun (Sakaiminato)
- Heiato (Kanazawa-shi)
- Heirinji Temple Ruins (Iwatsuki)
- Hensho-ji Temple Ruins (Naha-shi)
- Hida Shrine (Arai)
- Hie Shrine (Karatsu)
- Hie Shrine (Karatsu)
- Higashi-mon Gate (Uchimaru)
- Higashiatago Shrine (Miki)
- Higashikananoihachiman Shrine (Noda)
- Hihara Shrine (Maizuru)
- Hinokami Shrine (Tarumizu)
- Hinomisakiinari Shrine (Izumo)
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