Best Visiting Spot List

It takes five minutes to the mountain peak by ropeway. Near the top is the okumiya (rear shrine) of Hodosan Shrine, a small animal park and a Japanese allspice garden.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

A foreign residence of highly exotic, colonial design

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.”

Atago Shrine is a scenically situated shrine perched 26 meters above sea level atop Mount Atago.

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 vast national park with beautiful flowers blooming throughout the year. You can also enjoy swimming pools in summer and illumination in winter.

See a Tree Lined Road Turned into a Tunnel of Light!

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

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

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

The Streets Fill up with the Lights of the Kanto Festival!

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

Enjoy the breathtaking view

This is a historical shrine established about 1,500 years ago. The gods for a good marriage match and family harmony are enshrined.

A park selected as one of the top 100 Japanese city parks, designed to enjoy water. You can play in the river.

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

Known as the shinto shrine related to Yoshida Shoin, a samurai clan member of the Choshu Domain who had enormous influence on the movement to topple the Edo Shogunate during the mid-19th century. Now deified, he has become popular as a god of academic success.