Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

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

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 school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Two different windows overlooking a garden

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

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

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.

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

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

A Zen temple of the Rinzai School built in the scenic area of Arashimaya in Kyoto. It was built by Takauji Ashikaga in memory of the recently deceased Emperor Go-Daigo.

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.

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

Famous for its early blossoming cherry trees, which signify the coming of spring