Best Architecture Spot List

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

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

A significant cultural property with the feel of Edo/Tokyo. Richly decorated with gold foils, the magnificent main building also known as the ”shrine of gold” is astounding.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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.”

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

It is the palace where the generations of Emperors and Empresses of Japan have lived starting in the Meiji era (1868-1912) to this day. You can visit the palace site as long as you obtain prior permission.

Two different windows overlooking a garden

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

Classical Zen Buddhist temple with gardens designed by Muso Kokushi. Enjoy the maple trees and seasonal flowers.

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

A castle that is deeply rooted in the history of the Tokugawa Clan and became an important historic site during the Meiji Restoration when power was returned to Japan's Imperial Family.

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).

Super-tall floats light up the night sky

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

Built in 1926, this was the residence of a silk yarn trader. You can have tea there while feeling the season.

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden