Best Architecture Spot List

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

A famous location for autumn leaves, connected to Kukai (Kobo-daishi)

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in Japan.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

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

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

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.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

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.

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

The object of worship here is Amida Nyorai and the statue of Prince Shotoku in the main hall is an important cultural property

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