Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

The island of adored jewelry

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

It’s not just about the animals! Enjoy this sprawling park and its many notable points

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

A shrine to traditional performance arts of Kyoto and Osaka

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

One of the Monzeki temples of the Tendai sect that enshrines the National Treasure Amida Sanzon (Amida Triad) statue in eternal tranquility.

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Feel like you’re in Spain with parades, shows, and attractions

Enjoy views in every season

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

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.

A temple that has existed since the Warring States period and is connected to Nobunaga

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”