Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

The namesake for the area and one of Japan's ”Top 100 Waterfalls”

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

Experience the sensibility of an artist

Enjoy the Japanese architecture in the elegant drawing room

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

A wide-open park offering great views of the harbor

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site.

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

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

Formerly Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, this shrine is located on the grounds where Kumano’s three deities descended

A great view overlooking the the Five Storied Pagoda of Kofukuji Temple

The festival highlight is sight of more than 100 boats on the Ogawa river

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

One of Kobe's busiest areas

Tour the distillery where Japan's first malt whisky was created

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

A 300-m-high, one of Japan's highest buildings, Abeno Harukas is a landmark of Oasaka that features a department store, an art museum and a hotel.

A vast, luxurious resort of 198,000 square meters filled with nature