Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Japan's oldest convent was a gift from Prince Shotoku to his mother

See “Thunder of the Dragon” during special viewings

A tea ceremony sanctuary that started as a gathering of artists

The orderly lineup of 1001 thousand-armed Kannon is superb

A magnificent shrine dedicated to Emperor Jinmu and his Empress

The only existing merchant house in Kobe Former Foreign Settlement

A three-tiered pagoda and world heritage site, 1200 years old

This famous shrine blossoms in full glory from season to season with its flowers

See the brave figures of twelve protective deities

The head temple of Jodo Shinshu Hongan-ji School and affectionately referred to as ”Onishi-san” in the Shichijo Horikawa district.

An inn within the temple complex

A shrine to the beautiful Mount Miwa, worshiped since ancient times

One of Japan's famous ancient temples, quietly nestled in Ikaruga

With ancient living and meditation quarters

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

Famous for its national treasure, a statue of Miroku Bosatsu

The Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida’s dazzling dream, a gold space that reflects upon a pond

Be healed by the wabi-sabi of this Muromachi-period elegant garden that transcends space and time

Offer a prayer to Japan's largest Buddha statue in its oldest temple

During the Nara Period, the guardian deity of the hiike (pond where ice used in the Imperial court was made) and the himuro (storeroom for ice), which were built in the Kasugano field beside Yoshiki-gawa River, was enshrined in the shrine. It was later moved to the current location. On May 1 every year, a festival called Kenpyosai takes place in which workers at companies that make and sell ice pray for success in business. The current shrine pavilion is said to have been reconstructed in the Edo Period. Also, the weeping cherry trees in the shrine grounds are very beautiful.