18 spots
小泊瀬稚雀神社
A small shrine dedicated to Emperor Buretsu, standing where it looks towards the tomb of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.
飛鳥寺・蘇我入鹿首塚
Japan's first full-scale Buddhist temple. The Great Buddha of Asuka still sits on the spot where it was made, 1,400 years ago.
橘寺
The temple said to stand on the birthplace of Prince Shōtoku, home to the two-faced Nimenseki stone.
川原寺跡（弘福寺）
One of the four great temples of Asuka. Its foundation stones still show how large its halls once were.
岡寺（龍蓋寺）
Japan's first temple for warding off misfortune, home to a huge clay statue of Nyoirin Kannon.
向原寺（豊浦寺跡）
A temple standing on the site of Toyura-dera, Japan's first nunnery, with the Naniwa Pond tied to the legend of Buddhism's arrival.
檜隈寺跡／於美阿志神社
A temple site linked to the Yamato no Aya, a clan of immigrant origin, with a thirteen-storey stone pagoda.
飛鳥坐神社
An ancient Asuka shrine famous for its unusual Onda Festival.
甘樫坐神社
An ancient shrine at the foot of Amakashi Hill, where the kukatachi trial-by-hot-water ritual is handed down.
飛鳥川上坐宇須多伎比売命神社
An ancient listed shrine in a cedar grove, guarding the upper reaches of the Asuka River.
平田八坂神社
The guardian shrine of Hirata, looking down over the village and protecting it from epidemics.
櫛玉命神社
An ancient listed shrine to four deities, in a sacred grove overlooking the village of Mayumi.
加夜奈留美命神社
An ancient shrine at the very head of the Asuka River, listed in the Engishiki, and one of the candidates for Asuka's sacred kannabi.
天神社（御園）
A small shrine in the hamlet of Misono, dedicated to Takamimusubi, one of the three creator deities.
Components of the World Heritage Site "Asuka-Fujiwara", and other places worth visiting nearby
山田寺跡
A temple site where a corridor was excavated just as it had collapsed and been buried.
談山神社
A mountain shrine said to be where the plot behind the Taika Reforms was hatched. Its wooden thirteen-storey pagoda is the only one in the world.
神武天皇社
A shrine dedicated to Emperor Jinmu, where a tradition says he was enthroned.
天香山神社
An ancient shrine at the northern foot of Mount Kagu, one of the Three Mountains of Yamato. It honours a god of divination, and brings you close to the mountain of Empress Jitō's poem of white robes drying.