Best Architecture around Kansai Spot List

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

A castle that is deeply rooted in the history of the Tokugawa Clan and became an important historic site during the Meiji Restoration when power was returned to Japan's Imperial Family.

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

A beautiful temple like the Pure Land itself that illustrates the prosperity of the Fujiwara regency during the late Heian Period.

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

Known for its relation to the Fujiwara clan, this shrine boasts spectacular views of autumn foliage

An ancient temple supported by common people

One of Kyoto's most renowned temples, located on the side of Mt. Otowa in the Higishiyama Range. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum