Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

A temple with a living, breathing aesthetic sense of the tea ceremony

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

The only existing merchant house in Kobe Former Foreign Settlement

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.

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

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

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

The Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida’s dazzling dream, a gold space that reflects upon a pond

Japan's oldest convent was a gift from Prince Shotoku to his mother

A tea ceremony sanctuary that started as a gathering of artists

The orderly lineup of 1001 thousand-armed Kannon is superb

Mausoleum architecture representative of the early Edo period

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

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.

Located just north of Hokke-do in the Todai-ji Temple complex, Nigatsu-do is known as a place where Shuni-e (Omizu-tori or Sacred Water-drawing Festival) takes place every March. Nigatsu-do was named so since Shuni-e was held in February (nigatsu in Japanese) in the old calendar. Fire destroyed it in 1667, but two years later the current building was reconstructed exactly as it was before the fire. The building's design features a cascading style of architecture, and provides a commanding view of the roof of the Great Buddha Hall and Nara city. The principal image is the Juichimen Kannon, which is never shown to the public.

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 introduces the culture and history of Austria, with a central emphasis on Mozart. You'll see valuable items on display, such as a replica of the piano that Mozart used for composing, and a music score written in his original handwriting. On the terrace you can enjoy the imperial torte set (1,350 JPY), which is imported directly from Vienna, as well as Austrian beer and wine.