Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

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.

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

An ancient temple supported by common people

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

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.

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

Don't miss seeing the resting place for Shinsengumi members, Mibu-zuka

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple