Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

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

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

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.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

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

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

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.

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

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

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

Known for its relation to the Fujiwara clan, this shrine boasts spectacular views of autumn foliage

Dresses available for commemorative photos

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami