Best Architecture Spot List

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

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

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

A 300-m-high, one of Japan's highest buildings, Abeno Harukas is a landmark of Oasaka that features a department store, an art museum and a hotel.

Nogi Shrine is a shrine where Nogi Maresuke (1849 - 1912), a general in the Imperial Japanese army during the Meiji period (1868-1912), and his wife are enshrined.

This is a shrine founded on the vast premises surrounded by the mountains of Nikko. It is familiar to people as the god of luck and marital matchmaking.

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.

An historic shrine favored as a place of rest and relaxation by locals

It is a convention and art center built to disseminate comprehensive cultural information.

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

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

The graceful standing statue of Gigeiten is a must-see attraction

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

With a history of over 100 years, Tsutenkaku Tower is a symbol of Naniwa, Osaka, and is protected by the third-generation blonde Billiken.

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

The gateway to Mt. Fuji, this shrine lets you purify body and mind in an atmosphere both solemn and cooling (you might even get a chance to see Shinto ceremonies like festivals, benedictions, or weddings!)