Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

A nationally designated Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, overflowing with exotic appeal

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

Immerse yourself in the ambiance of Mount Nachi

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Now the oldest and most comprehensive botanical gardens in all of Japan

A trekking spot surrounded by mother nature

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

The graceful standing statue of Gigeiten is a must-see attraction

Here at Shoren-in Temple, Emperor Kanmu prayed for peace for the capital and buried a shogun statue inside its burial mound

Head to the promenade that looks out over Minoo Waterfall, one of the 100 Best Waterfalls in Japan

Popular with tourists, check out this shopping district and its old Japan feel

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

A colorless hot spring on a small, quiet road. The ”silver spring” is both carbonated and enriched with radium

Reproduction of the center of the ancient capital, Nara. Daigokuden (Council Hall in the Imperial Palace) and gardens line up in this vast historical site.

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

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

The building and the interior itself are the display! Experience Kyoto's elegance

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens