Churches - Japan
227 documented abandoned churches have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Hirado (5), Okayama-shi (5), Tottori (4). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Chiba (18)
- Nagasaki (10)
- Kagoshima (10)
- Nara (8)
- Kanagawa (8)
- Kyoto (8)
- Aichi (8)
- Gifu (8)
- Fukuoka (7)
- Fukushima (7)
- Hokkaido (7)
- Nagano (7)
- Hyogo (7)
- Ibaraki (6)
- Mie (6)
- Shimane (6)
- Yamagata (6)
- Okayama (6)
- Iwate (5)
- Yamaguchi (5)
- Aomori (5)
- Tokushima (5)
- Wakayama (5)
- Saitama (5)
- Miyagi (4)
- Tottori (4)
- Shizuoka (4)
- Ehime (4)
- Shiga Prefecture (4)
- Akita (4)
- Kumamoto (3)
- Miyazaki (3)
- Tochigi (3)
- Fukui (3)
All locations
- Abandoned Inari Shrine (Jōbon-ji Shinji Inari Shrine) (Kashihara-shi)
- Aburataki Shrine (Okayama-shi)
- Aizawa Shrine (Yuza)
- Akanita Church Ruins (Fukuecho)
- Akasaka Shrine (Hachinohe)
- Akasome Shrine (Uwajima)
- Anyōji Temple ruins (Ibusuki)
- Aogishi Shrine Ruins (Minato)
- Asuwa Shrine (Fukui-shi)
- Atago Shrine (Takahagi)
- Atago Shrine (Funehikimachi-funehiki)
- Atago-yama Shrine Ruins (Inashiki)
- Atsumigokoku Shrine (Tahara)
- Awashima Shrine (Otawara)
- Awashironohachiman Shrine (Shinshiro)
- Benzaite Shrine (Saitama)
- Bessho Shrine (Heda)
- British Anglican Church ruins monument (Nagasaki-shi)
- Burial Cave in Iwayaji Temple Site (Matsue-shi)
- Busshari-tou (Buddhist Relic Śarīra Stupa) (Aso)
- Chinju Sumera Shrine (Narita)
- Chinkokuji Temple Ruins (Gojo)
- Chūgū-ji Temple Ruin Historic Site Park (Tawaramoto)
- Ensei Temple (Ryotsu-minato)
- Etchū Kokubunji Temple Ruins (Nishishinminato)
- Ex-Getsupo-ji Temple Ruins (Kameoka)
- Fujiwara Shrine (Wakimachi)
- Fukuishi Shrine (Fujinomiya)
- Funerary Pagoda (Fujisawa)
- Fuoji Temple (Sukagawa)
- Furumine Shrine (Yamagata-shi)
- Futara Shrine (Iwaki)
- Gokokuzan Tajimakokubun Temple (Toyooka)
- Good King Temple Castle Ruins (Wakuya)
- Gotenzan Shrine (Sapporo)
- Hachiman Shrine (Nagahama)
- Hachiman Shrine (Kamojimacho-jogejima)
- Hachiman Shrine (Youkaichi)
- Hachiman Shrine (Kazo)
- Hachimandai Shrine (Katori-shi)
- Hagi Castle Myokyu-ji Temple Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle, Doshunji Temple Ruins (Hagi)
- Hakkoinari Shrine (Mino)
- Hakusan Shrine (Okaya)
- Hakusan Shrine (Fukui-shi)
- Heirinji Temple Ruins (Iwatsuki)
- Hie Shrine (Karatsu)
- Higashiatago Shrine (Miki)
- Hinokami Shrine (Tarumizu)
- Hinomisakiinari Shrine (Izumo)
- Hinoyamamisaki Shrine (Gobo)
- Hirosho Temple (Matsudo)
- Hiyoshi Shrine (Iwamizawa)
- Hokoji Temple (Sukagawa)
- Hozanmyo Shrine (Shingu)
- Hyuga Stupa (Nobeoka)
- Hōkyōintō Pagoda Ruins (1403) and Stone Monuments (Fujisawa)
- Ikeshima Shrine (Togitsu)
- Ikiji Temple Ruins (Nioh Gate) (Maebaru-chuo)
- Ina-dera Temple Site (Itami)
- Inari Shrine (Tateyama)
- Inarinomiya Shrine (Omigawa)
- Inohira Shrine (Mitake)
- Inside Castle Ruins (8 Qin Shrine) (Furukawa)
- Ise Ankokuji Temple Ruins (Mie Prefecture designated historic site) (Yokkaichi)
- Ise Shrine (Kanoya)
- Ise Temple Ruins (Hisai-motomachi)
- Ishigami Shrine (Shimokizukuri)
- Ishitoyama Oyamazumi Shrine (Goshogawara)
- Ishizuchi Shrine (Kitakyushu)
- Isozaki Shrine (Owase)
- Itsuki Shrine (Ayabe)
- Itsukushima Shrine (Togane)
- Iwawarise Shrine (Seto)
- Iyahiko Shrine (Shiojiri)
- Jitsujouji Temple Ruins (Okayama-shi)
- Jokoji Temple Ruins (Kanoya)
- Jozanji Temple (Miyazu)
- Jusansho Shrine (Wakimachi)
- Kaji Shrine (Okayama-shi)
- Kamifusehachiman Shrine (Ohara)
- Kanayama Shrine (Ryuo)
- Karumai Shrine (Chitose)
- Kashima Shrine (Namie)
- Kashimine Ten Shrine (Takedamachi)
- Kasuga West Pagoda Ruins (Nara-shi)
- Kasumigongentakamagahara Shrine (Kobayashi)
- Kawachi Shrine (Kochi-shi)
- Kawaha Shrine (Kanie)
- Kawakamisan Shrine (Toyooka)
- Kawanaka Shrine (Shimonoseki)
- Kehi Shrine (Yukuhashi)
- Ki'i Kokubu-ji Temple Ruins (Iwade)
- Kifune Shrine (Takayama)
- Kinukake Shrine (Oita)
- Kishi Ruined Temple (Matsuyama)
- Kitasennichidomae Yama Shrine (Sakata)
- Kitaurainari Shrine (Suzuka)
- Kokaiji Temple Ruins (Oami)
- Komamori Shrine ruins (Kameoka)
- Komitake Shrine (Chichibu)
- Korakami Shrine (Karatsu)
- Koriyama Castle Toshunji Temple Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Kumano Shrine (Toyooka)
- Kumano Shrine (Takahashi)
- Kumayamayutaki Shrine Uenomiya (Okayama-shi)
- Kuriyagawa Hachimangu Shrine (Morioka-shi)
- Kusurino Shrine (Hitachi)
- Kutsutsu Shrine (Iiyama)
- Kōzan Temple ruins (Sakaiminato)
- Maki Shrine (Hirado)
- Matsushima Shrine (Tottori)
- Miki Castle Five-story Pagoda Ruins (Owase)
- Mikiinari Shrine (Kobe)
- Mishima Shrine (Tottori)
- Miyabi Shrine (Kokubu-matsuki)
- Miyauchi Shrine (Sagara)
- Mizubabaonna Shrine (Wakimachi)
- Moto-Yakushi-ji Temple Ruins, Nationally Designated Special Historic Site (Kashihara-shi)
- Musashiheian Shrine (Kokubunji)
- Myojin Shrine (Tarui)
- Myokengu Shrine Ruins (Shisui)
- Namihira Swordsmith Seikenji Temple Ruins (Kagoshima-shi)
- Neshiko Church ruins (Hirado)
- Nin-ji Abandoned Temple Ruins Historic Site Park Parking Lot (Kashihara)
- Nishiosozawano Hot Spring Shrine (Otawara)
- Niwatashi Shrine (Yonezawa)
- Oanakotohira Shrine (Numata)
- Ogamahachiman Shrine (Tanabe)
- Ohirainari Shrine (Katsuta)
- Oisosan Gessenji Temple Ruins (Kagoshima-shi)
- Oji Shrine (Kobayashi)
- Okiyoga Monastery Ruins (Mishima)
- Okumikawa Chapel (Shinshiro)
- Okuwa Shrine (Godo)
- Old Stone Wall of Manshuji Temple (Takehara)
- Omotari Shrine (Togane)
- Onuki Shrine Ruins (Katori-shi)
- Oshoninbayashi Abandoned Temple (Tanba Provincial Nunnery) (Kameoka)
- Oyama-haiji (dilapidated) Temple Ruins (Kasugai)
- Oyamazuminomikoto Shrine (Tanushimarumachi-toyoki)
- Pagoda Ruins (Miyazu)
- Pagoda ruins of the Abandoned Temple of Shimofu (Hamada)
- Path Jizo-do Temple Mansion Ruins (Yugawara)
- Raidengu (Thundershrine) (Shimokizukuri)
- Replican Mosque (Marugame)
- Residence of the Gonhōri (Former Priest of Suwa Shrine) (Chino)
- Ruins of Ryusho-ji Temple (Odacho-oda)
- Ruins of Shitennoji Temple (Akita Shi)
- Ryusei-in Temple (Gyoya) Ruins (Katori-shi)
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