Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

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

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

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

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.

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

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

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women

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.

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

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

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

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms