Best around Kansai Spot List

This veteran inn boasts traditions carried on from the Genroku era

The sunsets here are particularly beautiful

Cruise around the beautiful, rias coastline of Ago Bay

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

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.”

Enjoyable for all ages, offering everything from food, general goods, and fashion

A beautiful castle otherwise known as Shirasagi-jo Castle. It was Japan's first UNESCO World Heritage site.

Located in a town famous for its tuna, this hotel specializes in preparing some of the country’s best tuna

A Cultural Procession to Celebrate the More Than 1000 Year History of Kyoto

An art museum surrounded by dense forests, deep in the mountains

The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street

Appreciate the palm-sized artworks

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

Some of Japan's best, gently colored cherry blossoms

Learn about the defenses of this castle town and building fireproofing

Aeon Mall is a shopping mall where you can find everything you need for shopping and dining.

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

Enjoy the four seasons of Osaka from the river's surface

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

Southern Osaka's hippest place, where the all the trendy young people go