Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

Located at the birthplace of sumo, this museum offers a chance to explore the history of the sport. It features a full-size sumo ring and a collection of about 12,000 sumo-related artifacts.

A lodging facility for guests on their way to visit Ise Jingu Shrine

A pink tunnel that’s pleasant with greenery and water

Picturesque white sands and green pine trees at the base of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

Now the oldest and most comprehensive botanical gardens in all of Japan

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

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

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

Encounter the Man’yoshu and plants from time immemorial

The sunsets here are particularly beautiful

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves