Best Architecture Spot List

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple has attracted many worshipers for more than 1,000 years. There are many assets designated as an Important Cultural Properties on its vast temple grounds.

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

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

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

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

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

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

A mysterious building with a unique structure that has two separate stairways

One of Sapporo's three main tourist attractions. Built over 140 years ago, this clock tower is the oldest in Japan to use a pendulum, and continues to keep time.

A broadcasting tower standing 147.2 m tall at the eastern edge of Odori Park with a panoramic view of the city of Sapporo from an observation deck about 90 m above ground.

Motomachi Roman Catholic Church has one of the longest histories of any church in Japan. A large octagonal tower characterizes the church, which was rebuilt in 1924.

Tour a drama set and sense the humanity in its construction

The biggest dome in Hokkaido, and most northern in Japan

A breakwater in the globally uncommon half-arch shape

A museum in memory of the opening of Hakodate's port

Old forests and valuable buildings from the turn of the 20th century

Known by locals as ”Gan-gan (bong-bong) Temple”, this church is a symbol of the Motomachi church district

Sapporo's first park and social gathering center, built to receive noble guests of the Hokkaido Development Commission