Best around Kansai Spot List

A seaside resort hotel where every room overlooks the ocean and you can relax at the beauty salon or the pool

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

A hot spring resort where you can play and relax as you please at an affordable price

Fun and easy open-air hot spring bathing

The beloved boathouse of Ryoma Sakamoto

A zoo raising approximately 130 different species of animals. Encountering small animals is fun!

Don't miss seeing the resting place for Shinsengumi members, Mibu-zuka

One of the world’s largest tombs built around the mid-fifth century

A path stretching through the verdant Kumano region

The magnificent Azuchi castle has been brought back to life

The main temple of the Shingon Sect of the Daigo School of Buddhism that stretches across Mt. Daigo. Famous for its cherry blossoms, Hideyoshi Toyotomi used to hold spring parties here to enjoy the trees when they are in bloom.

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Ago Bay at a resort

Soak in the hot springs while looking out through the pine forest at Shirahama Beach

A wide-open park offering great views of the harbor

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.

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

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

Try the popular onsen with its own hot spring source

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask