Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

Flowers blossom throughout the seasons at this temple, also known as “The Flower Temple”

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

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

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

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

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

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

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

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

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

Beloved Buddha artifacts inside the school of Heijo Palace

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum