Japan

A district on the western edge of Kyoto, anchored by the Togetsukyō bridge, a famous bamboo grove and a hillside of seasonal colour along the Hozu River.

Head shrine of the Inari cult, with thousands of vermilion torii running up Mount Inari; pilgrims and visitors share a mountain walk lined with shrine gates.

A Buddhist temple on the eastern hills of Kyoto, famous for its wooden stage built without nails and a long, sloping approach lined with small shops and tea houses.

A Shinto shrine set inside an urban forest of about 70 hectares in central Tokyo, dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken.

A broad public park in central Nara that frames several UNESCO-listed temples and shrines, with free-roaming sika deer as the most familiar inhabitants.

Tokyo's oldest temple, anchored by the vermilion Kaminarimon gate and a long, lantern-lit approach that still leads the surrounding neighbourhood.