Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

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

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

Don't miss seeing the resting place for Shinsengumi members, Mibu-zuka

The symbol of Osaka and loved by people as ”Mr. Taiko's castle,” the Main Tower has been designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.

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.

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

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

View the world six meters below the water surface

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

The dignified form of this early Edo period castle is still palpable

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

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

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

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

Formerly Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, this shrine is located on the grounds where Kumano’s three deities descended

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