Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

An old shrine known as “Ebessan” to Osaka’s merchants

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

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.

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

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

Known for its relation to the Fujiwara clan, this shrine boasts spectacular views of autumn foliage

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

A world-class suspension bridge recognized by Guinness

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

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees