Best Architecture Spot List

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

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

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

A guardian shinto shrine in northern Shinagawa-shuku. Best known for its portable shrines during the annual Shinagawa Shrine Festival in June.

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

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

With a history of over 100 years, Tsutenkaku Tower is a symbol of Naniwa, Osaka, and is protected by the third-generation blonde Billiken.

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

This is an auspicious shrine because of the kanji characters that are used for writing its name Hodosan can also be read as ”climbing a mountain of treasures.” The deities who protect people from fire, thefts, and other disasters are enshrined there.

Two different windows overlooking a garden

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

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.

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

View the ocean from 47 meters above sea level

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

Ono no Komachi concealed herself here amongst the plum blossoms