Best Temples around Kansai Spot List

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A grand temple complex established on Mount Koya some 900 years ago

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

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

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

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

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

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

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

Two different windows overlooking a garden

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

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

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

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