Best Architecture Spot List

Hasedera or the Hasedera Temple is an old temple with a view of the ocean and the town of Hase in Kamakura. Various flowers bloom in the garden from season to season. Its principal image of worship is one of the largest wooden statues in Japan.

You can experience making a Buddhist rosary using genuine stones, while looking at the graceful garden

A stock exchange that offers tours. It is a symbol of Japanese economy where an estimated 61,000 people visit annually.

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

The animal taxidermy will surprise you

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Take a stroll through the forest-enveloped grounds

Formerly Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, this shrine is located on the grounds where Kumano’s three deities descended

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

The bridge is part of the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Urban Expressway and symbolizes Yokohama. At night, 264 light bulbs illuminate the bridge, producing magnificent night views of Yokohama.

The magnificent appearance of this building is the symbol of Nakanoshima

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June.

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

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

A massive triple gate welcomes you to the head temple for the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism