Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

Famous for ”The Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans”

The oldest surviving building of Todaiji Temple. All the Buddhist statues stored here are national treasures

Happy Hako-Chan and friends' are Hakodateyama Ski Resort's theme characters.

An ancient ritual practice in which several deer are chased down to have their antlers trimmed

Enjoy the refreshing experience of skiing at night on powder snow.

See the brave figures of twelve protective deities

An inn within the temple complex

Located just one meter away from the sea, this is a public open-air bath that Shirahama Onsen is famous for. According to the ancient history books, such as the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) and the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Prince Arima visited this place about 1,350 years ago.

Be healed by the wabi-sabi of this Muromachi-period elegant garden that transcends space and time

A three-tiered pagoda and world heritage site, 1200 years old

50 minutes from Kyoto. Fine trails with superb views looking down on lake Biwako.

Famous for its national treasure, a statue of Miroku Bosatsu

Offer a prayer to Japan's largest Buddha statue in its oldest temple

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

The head temple of Jodo Shinshu Hongan-ji School and affectionately referred to as ”Onishi-san” in the Shichijo Horikawa district.

A shrine to the beautiful Mount Miwa, worshiped since ancient times

A magnificent shrine dedicated to Emperor Jinmu and his Empress

A tea ceremony sanctuary that started as a gathering of artists

See “Thunder of the Dragon” during special viewings

Mausoleum architecture representative of the early Edo period