Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

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

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

The historic, symbolic spot of Namba. Always popular with tourists

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring