Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

Castle remains of the Kishu Tokugawa family made up of 555,000 stones

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

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

A grand temple complex established on Mount Koya some 900 years ago

The mystical, large torii (gateway) that appears as if it’s floating on the lake’s surface is a must-see

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

Surrounded by the old-growth forest of Tadasu-no-Mori, the shrine has records that date back before Christ. It is also renowned as a spiritual place believed to bring good luck in romance.

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

Famous for its deity of scholarship

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

Dresses available for commemorative photos

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

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

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.