Best around Kansai Spot List

Appreciate the palm-sized artworks

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

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.”

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

Have fun at a mountain villa that belonged to a samurai film actor

There is a wide selection of popular home appliances. A store with a passport reader. All items are duty free.

Karaoke and a rock sauna at an open-air bath overlooking the ocean. Pets welcome

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

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.

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

A classical red brick building

There is a wide selection of popular home appliances. A store with a passport reader. All items are duty free.

Famous for its connection to Honen and it’s beauty in autumn

A lodging facility for guests on their way to visit Ise Jingu Shrine

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

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

Enjoy a 2km Path of Blooming Yoshino Cherry Trees Along a Canal