Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

Okukannnabe slopes locate at the highest elevation among ski resorts in the Kannnabe Kogen area, which is 2hrs from Osaka and it is proud of its wide varieties of courses.

A tea ceremony sanctuary that started as a gathering of artists

A famous spot for cherry blossoms which line a path along the Okawa River

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

Famous for its national treasure, a statue of Miroku Bosatsu

Check out an Ageya (elegant-restaurant) of the red-light district from the Edo period

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

It has good access and takes only about 2 hours from Osaka. Slopes are compact but you never get tired with the course designs.

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

This famous shrine blossoms in full glory from season to season with its flowers

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

A magnificent shrine dedicated to Emperor Jinmu and his Empress

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

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

During the Nara Period, the guardian deity of the hiike (pond where ice used in the Imperial court was made) and the himuro (storeroom for ice), which were built in the Kasugano field beside Yoshiki-gawa River, was enshrined in the shrine. It was later moved to the current location. On May 1 every year, a festival called Kenpyosai takes place in which workers at companies that make and sell ice pray for success in business. The current shrine pavilion is said to have been reconstructed in the Edo Period. Also, the weeping cherry trees in the shrine grounds are very beautiful.

This attraction features a half-size replica of a Viking ship and exhibits related to the children's book author Hans Christian Andersen. Delightful goods made in Denmark are also for sale.