Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

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.

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

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.

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

A foreign residence of highly exotic, colonial design

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

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

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

Famous for its connection to Honen and it’s beauty in autumn

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

A unique, symmetrical building