Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

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

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

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

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

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

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

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

An ancient temple supported by common people

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

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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

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

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees