Best Architecture Spot List

A building filled with products made locally in Aomori

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in Japan.

This is a historical shrine established about 1,500 years ago. The gods for a good marriage match and family harmony are enshrined.

The head shrine of Oshu, boasting 1,200 years of history

Atago Shrine is a scenically situated shrine perched 26 meters above sea level atop Mount Atago.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

Super-tall floats light up the night sky

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

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.

Akasaka Palace, or the State Guest House, is a neo baroque-style building with a stately, gorgeous look. It welcomes state and official guests from all over the world.

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

A spiritual area surrounding Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).

A grand temple complex established on Mount Koya some 900 years ago

A temple famous for its Bone Buddhas

This Buddhist school was established by the Chinese monk Jianzhen

This green western-style home shines with pleasant sensibility

One of Kyoto's most renowned temples, located on the side of Mt. Otowa in the Higishiyama Range. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.