Best around Kansai Spot List

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

A beautiful attraction associated with the legendary Kobo Daishi

A trekking spot surrounded by mother nature

Take your time watching adorable animals

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

Enjoy bird watching throughout the seasons

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

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

A beautiful temple like the Pure Land itself that illustrates the prosperity of the Fujiwara regency during the late Heian Period.

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

A street that feels like it’s from the Edo Period

A fishing park where everyone can enjoy themselves, from beginners to experienced fishermen

Famous for its deity of scholarship

A cobblestone road thick with the atmosphere of old Osaka

The moss-covered stone path is the most beautiful on the Kumano Kodo

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

Enjoy performances from maiko up close