Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

Relax at the first onsen in the Kansai region approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as a facility promoting health through onsen bathing

Enjoy a 2km Path of Blooming Yoshino Cherry Trees Along a Canal

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

Drawing from two historic sources of water, this open air bath has a nostalgic atmosphere typical of traditional public baths

A park memorializing Kobe’s glamorous modern history and the day of the earthquake

The inspiration for Shirahama’s namesake

The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street

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

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

A foreign residence of highly exotic, colonial design

The main temple of the Shingon Sect of the Daigo School of Buddhism that stretches across Mt. Daigo. Famous for its cherry blossoms, Hideyoshi Toyotomi used to hold spring parties here to enjoy the trees when they are in bloom.

Adventure islands

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

An urban oasis in Osaka and home to the Main Tower of Osaka-jo Castle. Together with plum trees and cherry trees, the park provides scenic beauty unique to each season.

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides