Best Architecture Spot List

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

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.”

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.

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

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

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A world-class suspension bridge recognized by Guinness

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.

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

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 ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

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

A suspension bridge linking the city center to Rinkai Fukutoshin (Tokyo Waterfront Secondary City Center). The ocean view from the walkway and the lights that change each season are worth seeing.

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan