Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

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

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

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

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

An ancient temple supported by common people

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.