Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

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.

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

Gaze out on a fantastic aerial view of the city 173 meters up

A large rock protruding into the ocean

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

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

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

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

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

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

A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature

A stone paved street where shops of long standing are lined up, full of Kyoto atmosphere

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

The Tower of the Sun Museum is found where the Osaka World Fair once took place

Hirou Shrine’s object of worship is famous for the large volume of water and for having the country’s highest drop off

Weave, watch, and wear traditional textiles from elegant Kyoto

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens