Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

Enjoy the breathtaking view

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

One of Nara’s most famous gardens

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

One of the world’s largest tombs built around the mid-fifth century

Weave, watch, and wear traditional textiles from elegant Kyoto

A vast, luxurious resort of 198,000 square meters filled with nature

The spectacular views of the enormous rocks will impress you

The symbol of Osaka and loved by people as ”Mr. Taiko's castle,” the Main Tower has been designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.

Learn about sake brewing

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

Conveniently located next to the station. A completely western-style outdoor bath

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

This sacred primeval forest is registered as a world heritage site

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.