Religious building and structure arson fires in Japan

thumb|Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, 2024 , officially named , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The temple is nicknamed after its reliquary (shariden), the , whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 μm gold leaf. The current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed in an arson attack.

forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of traitor Akechi Mitsuhide

1181 siege

1571 battle in Japan

siege in 1184 in Japan

1331 siege

1526 siege

minor battle of the Boshin War, part of the larger Aizu campaign

1581 siege

riots against military conscription in Japan, 1873