Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

A large rock protruding into the ocean

Enjoy the breathtaking view

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.

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

Enjoy bird watching throughout the seasons

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

A popular spot for taking commemorative photos

Try the popular onsen with its own hot spring source

Enjoy views in every season

Surrounded by the old-growth forest of Tadasu-no-Mori, the shrine has records that date back before Christ. It is also renowned as a spiritual place believed to bring good luck in romance.

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

Check out the must-see views from one of the world’s largest Ferris wheels

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

A spring born of the prayers of a Buddhist monk named Dochi