Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

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.

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

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

The main shrine hall is a national treasure with droves of people lining up for the New Year’s shrine visit at “Sumiyossan”

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

The magnificent appearance of this building is the symbol of Nakanoshima

A world-class suspension bridge recognized by Guinness

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

A temple that has existed since the Warring States period and is connected to Nobunaga

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum