Best Architecture Spot List

Kamigamo-jinja Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, founded during the mythical age. It is famous for its Aoi Festival (Kamo Festival) and is registered as a World Heritage Site.

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

You can experience making a Buddhist rosary using genuine stones, while looking at the graceful garden

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds

A museum where you can learn about the history of Yokohama Port and Nippon maru, a sail boat sitting in dock No.1 which is available for an interior tour.

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

Spend your time comfortably in the visitor's lodging at a first-class ryokan

View the world six meters below the water surface

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

A beautiful castle otherwise known as Shirasagi-jo Castle. It was Japan's first UNESCO World Heritage site.

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

The nation’s head Koyasan Shingon-shu temple

The interior, including the stained glass, is kept in the original state. Even today, this historical building is still in use as an academic building of Seisen University.

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June.

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.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

Yushima-tenjin enshrines Amenotajikarao-no-mikoto, the god of better fortune and sports, and Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study. A number of famed scholars and writers visit this shrine.

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