Best Architecture Spot List

Where the emperors and nobles enjoyed themselves

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

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.

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

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

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

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

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

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

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

An ancient temple supported by common people

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Ohyama Afuri Shrine is located on the top of Mt. Oyama. This historical shrine has been worshiped by common people as well as many military commanders in the past.

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.

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

Himeji’s famous mountain-top temple

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

This temple guesthouse is home to national treasures

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.

Yushima-tenjin enshrines Amenotajikarao-no-mikoto, the god of better fortune and sports, and Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study. A number of famed scholars and writers visit this shrine.