Temples

A rare public effigy of “the Embracing Kangiten,” the erotic Japanese equivalent of Hindu god Ganesha.

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

Associated with one of Japan's most famous fairy tales, this temple is home to a statue purportedly brought from the undersea palace of the Dragon God.

An eclectic temple with Chinese architecture, Korean lion-dogs, an Indian god and a legendary 700-year-old tree.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.

A relatively young Buddhist temple on hilltop, dedicated to a statue relocated from Mount Atago.

An ancient temple of Lord Shiva was rediscovered in an excavation in 2003.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

Al Rahmah Mosque appears to "float" atop the Red Sea.

Visit a Chinese Taoist temple within the Indigenous lands of the northern Philippines.

The 18th-century temple was once the tallest structure in Pune, and surrounded by a garden of tulsi.

An iconic temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman resides atop a hill in the heart of Panaji.

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

This 700-year-old temple is one of the city's oldest.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.