Best around Kansai Spot List

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.

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

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

Experience how the locals lived during the Showa period

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

Cruise around the beautiful, rias coastline of Ago Bay

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

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

Women of all ages patronize this shop

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

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

One of Nara’s most famous gardens

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

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

A shrine to the south of the imperial palace for gods who offer directional protection

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening