Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

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

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

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

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 modern architecture leaves a bold impression

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

This famous western-style residence was the first to open in Kobe

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

A unique, symmetrical building

The historic, symbolic spot of Namba. Always popular with tourists

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

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

The homeland of a goddess at Ise Grand Shrine, located in the old Tango Province

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

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

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

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.