Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

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 temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

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

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

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

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

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

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

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

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

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

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.

An ancient temple supported by common people

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

One of the Monzeki temples of the Tendai sect that enshrines the National Treasure Amida Sanzon (Amida Triad) statue in eternal tranquility.

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

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 school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi