Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

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

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

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

The historic, symbolic spot of Namba. Always popular with tourists

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

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

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

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

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

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides