Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

An estate where Kishu samurai resided

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

Japan’s largest lake, replete with noteworthy places and leisure opportunities

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

The mountain villa where a scholar lived a secluded life

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

Lots of beautiful roses

Formerly Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, this shrine is located on the grounds where Kumano’s three deities descended

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

A foreign residence of highly exotic, colonial design

Weave, watch, and wear traditional textiles from elegant Kyoto

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

A city park famed as a sightseeing spot representing Nara. World Heritage sites such as Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple and Kasuga-taisha Shrine are close to each other.

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto