Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

Enjoy performances from maiko up close

Known for its relation to the Fujiwara clan, this shrine boasts spectacular views of autumn foliage

Japan’s largest lake, replete with noteworthy places and leisure opportunities

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.

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Enjoy views in every season

The spectacular views of the enormous rocks will impress you

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

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.

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

A colorless hot spring on a small, quiet road. The ”silver spring” is both carbonated and enriched with radium

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

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

An art museum surrounded by dense forests, deep in the mountains

An accommodation with an onsen sourced from a famous hot spring water in Arima in quaint Japanese atmosphere

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

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

Make memories in Kobe’s picturesque herb garden, the largest in Japan

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints