Best Architecture Spot List

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

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

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

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.

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

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.

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.

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms

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

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Many people visit to receive divine blessing from the “kachi daruma”, said to bring good luck

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

A temple that has long protected Arima Onsen

Displaying works by master artists

This is a shrine that worships the Emperor Meiji and his wife. It is one of the most popular sightseeing spots in Tokyo, and you can experience the traditional culture of Japan through various rituals.

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

The modern architecture leaves a bold impression