Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

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

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

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

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

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

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

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

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

An ancient temple supported by common people

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

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

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