Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

View the world six meters below the water surface

A unique, symmetrical building

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.

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

One of the Monzeki temples of the Tendai sect that enshrines the National Treasure Amida Sanzon (Amida Triad) statue in eternal tranquility.

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

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

Featuring a wooden statue of a historical Shogun from the Ashikaga period

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

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

Occasionally open seasonally for cherry blossom, azalea, and fall leaves viewing

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

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

The magnificent appearance of this building is the symbol of Nakanoshima