Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

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.

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

A street that feels like it’s from the Edo Period

Take your time watching adorable animals

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

Enjoy bird watching throughout the seasons

Stay in the city while getting a taste of the views from deep mountain valleys in this Japanese-style garden

The entire space is a work of art! An art museum designed by painter Insho Domoto

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

The mountain villa where a scholar lived a secluded life

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

Enjoy the breathtaking view

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

A truly elegant bay cruise

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

A beautiful castle otherwise known as Shirasagi-jo Castle. It was Japan's first UNESCO World Heritage site.