Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

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.”

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

The mystical, large torii (gateway) that appears as if it’s floating on the lake’s surface is a must-see

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

Displaying works by master artists

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

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

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

The head shrine of all the Tenman-gu shrines in Japan, affectionally called ”Kitano no Tenjin-san.” The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane.

The oldest shrine in Kyoto