Best Architecture Spot List

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

A museum where you can learn about the history of Yokohama Port and Nippon maru, a sail boat sitting in dock No.1 which is available for an interior tour.

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

It is 634 meters tall, the tallest free-standing broadcasting tower in the world. From its two observatories, you can overlook a view up to 70 km away on a sunny day.

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

Berrick Hall is a Spanish-style mansion built on top of a hill. You can enjoy both the historical building and a garden that sits on 1,980 square meters of land.

The gateway to Mt. Fuji, this shrine lets you purify body and mind in an atmosphere both solemn and cooling (you might even get a chance to see Shinto ceremonies like festivals, benedictions, or weddings!)

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

It is a convention and art center built to disseminate comprehensive cultural information.

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

Famous for its deity of scholarship

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

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

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

Tadao Ando designed this temple's main hall

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

A shrine where the god for safe sea travel is enshrined has been respected by people. Many important cultural properties of the ward are preserved in the shrine ground.

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures