Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

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

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

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

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

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

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.”

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

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

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

Occasionally open seasonally for cherry blossom, azalea, and fall leaves viewing

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site.

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

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

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

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

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.

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.