Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

A lodging facility for guests on their way to visit Ise Jingu Shrine

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

The modern architecture leaves a bold impression

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

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.

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

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

A unique, symmetrical building

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

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.

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi