Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

A classical red brick building

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

A place for relaxation for the citizens of Kyoto and famous for its plum blossoms

A rare, underground art museum

The remains of Kumano Taisha Shrine, the birthplace of the Kumano faith

One of Nara’s most famous gardens

A shrine to traditional performance arts of Kyoto and Osaka

Kansai's most famous dark-colored hot springs. The golden hot spring water is rich in sodium and iron

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

Relax and relieve yourself of daily stress and exhaustion

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.

A wide-open park offering great views of the harbor

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

A grand temple complex established on Mount Koya some 900 years ago

A traditional accommodation with a Japanese-style garden of 1,980 square meters that was painstakingly landscaped

Full of moving experiences; the most pandas in one place out of all Japan

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.