Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

The homeland of a goddess at Ise Grand Shrine, located in the old Tango Province

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

Take your time watching adorable animals

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing

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

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

A massive, lushly green garden

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

The lively entertainment area that represents Minami, Osaka. It has flourished as a city of theatrical and musical performances with special charming aspects that attract visitors.

The main shrine hall is a national treasure with droves of people lining up for the New Year’s shrine visit at “Sumiyossan”

Reproduction of the center of the ancient capital, Nara. Daigokuden (Council Hall in the Imperial Palace) and gardens line up in this vast historical site.

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

A pink tunnel that’s pleasant with greenery and water

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