Best Architecture Spot List

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

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

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

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

An accurate replica of Byakkotai's academy

Featuring a wooden statue of a historical Shogun from the Ashikaga period

The Yokohama Marine Tower is one of the symbols in Yokohama built in 1961. Visitors can enjoy the 360° panorama view from its observation deck.

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

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.

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

A school that embodies the dreams of Buddhist teacher Kobo Daishi

The first of 33 temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Seiganto-ji is an ever-popular destination for worshipers

The main shrine hall is a national treasure with droves of people lining up for the New Year’s shrine visit at “Sumiyossan”

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

A shrine built to represent the nation's wish for peace. Yushukan displays relics and wills, and it is worth visiting.

Hakone Sekisho is an impressive reproduction of an Edo Period sekisho on the banks of Lake Ashi. It is as if you've slipped back in time to the Edo Period.

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens