Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

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

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

View the world six meters below the water surface

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

This famous western-style residence was the first to open in Kobe

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

Famous for its deity of scholarship

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

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

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.

The head shrine of all the Tenman-gu shrines in Japan, affectionally called ”Kitano no Tenjin-san.” The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane.

Kudo-no-kami, the god of the kitchen, is enshrined here

The traditional god of learning

A temple that has existed since the Warring States period and is connected to Nobunaga