Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

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

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

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.

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

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

Two different windows overlooking a garden

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

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

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

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival