Small busy shrine in downtown Kyoto that features healing octopi. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Category: Japan
Mikataishi Kanzeon (Wakasa, Japan)
Remote rural pilgrimage location specializing in healing disabilities related to limbs. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Sensō-ji (Tokyo, Japan)
The largest religious tourist destination in the world, with plenty of connections with health and healing. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Nanzoin (Tokyo, Japan)
Secularizing temple offering yoga and other new age health experiences. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Yakushi-ji (Nara, Japan)
Venerable Medicine Buddha temple that has hosted rituals against epidemics for centuries. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Ryosen-ji (Nara, Japan)
Relax in the healing waters of a sacred hot spring. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Imakumano Kannon-ji (Kyoto, Japan)
Pilgrimage destination for physicians to empower their practice and for elderly people to ward off dementia. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Togenuki Jizoson Koganji (Tokyo, Japan)
Blending tradition and modernity, this temple specializes in healing talismans and modern heart-health. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Kiyumizudera Temple (Kyoto, Japan)
Drink from the sacred waters and receive the healing powers of Kannon bodhisattva. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Nishiarai Daishi (Tokyo, Japan)
Jizos of various types offer healing and comfort for templegoers with a variety of ailments. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)
Jinko-in (Kyoto, Japan)
At this temple, illnesses can be extracted through an esoteric “cucumber exorcism.” (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)