Best Architecture Spot List

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

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

The building and garden represent the modern Japanese architecture in a semi-Western style.

Yamate 111 Ban-Kan, or the Yamate #111 Residence, is a Spanish-style mansion with red roofing tiles and white exterior walls built inside the Harbor View Park.

The symbol of Odawara City, Kanagawa. The former castle area is now a park beloved by town residents and has an amusement park for children.

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.

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

Yushima-tenjin enshrines Amenotajikarao-no-mikoto, the god of better fortune and sports, and Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study. A number of famed scholars and writers visit this shrine.

This is a temple erected at the wish of Keishoin, the real mother of Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa. The main hall, remaining in its original state from the Genroku period, has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property.

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

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.

Marvel at the sight of money being produced before you

A shrine to the south of the imperial palace for gods who offer directional protection

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

The homeland of a goddess at Ise Grand Shrine, located in the old Tango Province

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