Best around Kansai Spot List

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing

Occasionally open seasonally for cherry blossom, azalea, and fall leaves viewing

Visit the adjoining Kirei-kan annex for a new, beautiful you

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

A bath and inn for adults looking to relax in style

An urban oasis in Osaka and home to the Main Tower of Osaka-jo Castle. Together with plum trees and cherry trees, the park provides scenic beauty unique to each season.

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Enjoy the Japanese architecture in the elegant drawing room

Women of all ages patronize this shop

The namesake for the area and one of Japan's ”Top 100 Waterfalls”

The traditional god of learning

A well-established ryokan where people of culture would gather for traditional performance art during the Taisho period

The inspiration for Shirahama’s namesake

A shrine to traditional performance arts of Kyoto and Osaka

The beloved traditional tubs have long been a symbol of Yunomine

The symbol of Osaka and loved by people as ”Mr. Taiko's castle,” the Main Tower has been designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background