Best around Kansai Spot List

Tour the distillery where Japan's first malt whisky was created

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

A large rock protruding into the ocean

The former foreign settlement landmark

This tomb is sealed by a giant rock weighing 2,300 tons

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

A Japanese garden with beautiful nature throughout the seasons

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

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

A park memorializing Kobe’s glamorous modern history and the day of the earthquake

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

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

Get up close and personal with a Japanese macaque

Enjoy a sweeping view of the sea at Shirahama

A temple associated with Heian-era poet Ariwara no Narihara

An exhibition and shop of items unique to Nara

Multi-use Osaka complex with 250+ brand shops

Enjoy Diverse Cherry Blossom Trees From Multiple Angles

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.