Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Two different windows overlooking a garden

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

The dignified form of this early Edo period castle is still palpable

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

The traditional god of learning

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

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.

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

For those who want to succeed like Hideyoshi did

A castle that is deeply rooted in the history of the Tokugawa Clan and became an important historic site during the Meiji Restoration when power was returned to Japan's Imperial Family.

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

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

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

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

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

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

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