Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

Displaying works by master artists

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Dresses available for commemorative photos

A beautiful temple like the Pure Land itself that illustrates the prosperity of the Fujiwara regency during the late Heian Period.

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

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

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines

View the world six meters below the water surface

An old town house to relax in

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

A unique, symmetrical building

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level