Best around Kansai Spot List

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

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

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

A shrine to traditional performance arts of Kyoto and Osaka

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

An entertainment hall created by Yoshimoto Kogyo

Surrounded by the old-growth forest of Tadasu-no-Mori, the shrine has records that date back before Christ. It is also renowned as a spiritual place believed to bring good luck in romance.

For centuries, Nishiki Market has been known and loved as Kyoto's kitchen.

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

Filled with divine blessings. A spacious, comfortable bath

An accommodation with an onsen sourced from a famous hot spring water in Arima in quaint Japanese atmosphere

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

A unique, symmetrical building

This outdoor, natural bath is even popular in winter

Castle remains of the Kishu Tokugawa family made up of 555,000 stones

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

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

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

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji