Best Architecture Spot List

A convention and art center built as a comprehensive cultural information dissemination base.

The oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known by the Kaminarimon Gate is one of the must-visit places in Tokyo. On Nakamise Street, you can enjoy souvenir shopping and snack-joint hopping.

Shingon Sect Temple in Setagaya, Tokyo. Tamagawa 88 Sacred Sites. Kanto Sacred Site consisting of temples for 33 Bokefuji Kannon Pilgrimage.

Benzaiten, one of the seven lucky gods of Asakusa, is enshrined, and is said to bring benefits such as business success

Wish upon the matchmaking deity for success in love

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

Kudo-no-kami, the god of the kitchen, is enshrined here

It is a large-scale conference and exhibition facility in Chiba Prefecture. The facility is bustling with big events in culture, arts, and sports.

Akasaka Palace, or the State Guest House, is a neo baroque-style building with a stately, gorgeous look. It welcomes state and official guests from all over the world.

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

Yamate 234 Ban-Kan, or the Yamate #234 Residence, is a Western-style mansion that served as an apartment building for foreign residents. The panel exhibits displayed on the first floor tell the history of the building.

A stock exchange that offers tours. It is a symbol of Japanese economy where an estimated 61,000 people visit annually.

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones