Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

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

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

A shrine to the south of the imperial palace for gods who offer directional protection

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

The graceful standing statue of Gigeiten is a must-see attraction

The object of worship here is Amida Nyorai and the statue of Prince Shotoku in the main hall is an important cultural property

The main temple of the Shingon Sect of the Daigo School of Buddhism that stretches across Mt. Daigo. Famous for its cherry blossoms, Hideyoshi Toyotomi used to hold spring parties here to enjoy the trees when they are in bloom.

A popular spot for taking commemorative photos

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

A famous location for autumn leaves, connected to Kukai (Kobo-daishi)

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

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

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

Castle remains of the Kishu Tokugawa family made up of 555,000 stones