Best Architecture Spot List

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

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

This is a popular shrine for enmusubi-mairi, praying for a good marriage match. Weathered, miniature Shinto shrines on the shrine grounds invite your profound interest.

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

A unique, symmetrical building

The interior, including the stained glass, is kept in the original state. Even today, this historical building is still in use as an academic building of Seisen University.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

Several hundred structures are scattered across Mt. Hiei

Castle remains of the Kishu Tokugawa family made up of 555,000 stones

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.

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.

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

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

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

The mystical, large torii (gateway) that appears as if it’s floating on the lake’s surface is a must-see

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

The Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa is one of the largest of all wooden imperial villas to be erected during the Meiji Era. Today, guests can tour the inside of the villa as well as its yard.

An old shrine known as “Ebessan” to Osaka’s merchants