Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

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

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

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

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

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Displaying works by master artists

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

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

Two different windows overlooking a garden

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa