Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

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

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site.

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

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

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

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

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A 300-m-high, one of Japan's highest buildings, Abeno Harukas is a landmark of Oasaka that features a department store, an art museum and a hotel.

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

View the world six meters below the water surface

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