Best Architecture Spot List

Tie your prayers under the branches of the willow trees

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

Flowers blossom throughout the seasons at this temple, also known as “The Flower Temple”

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

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.

A significant cultural property with the feel of Edo/Tokyo. Richly decorated with gold foils, the magnificent main building also known as the ”shrine of gold” is astounding.

A shinto shrine enshrining Mount Fuji, the symbol of Japan, worshiped by a large number of people.

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

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

Komagata Bridge on the Sumida River is 150 meters long and has over 80 years of history.

Mitsumine Jinja, or Mitsumime Shrine, which is located in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, is surrounded by beautiful mountains. It enshrines various gods in the fullness of nature.

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 abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines

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

Known as the shinto shrine related to Yoshida Shoin, a samurai clan member of the Choshu Domain who had enormous influence on the movement to topple the Edo Shogunate during the mid-19th century. Now deified, he has become popular as a god of academic success.

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

Kudo-no-kami, the god of the kitchen, is enshrined here

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