Best Architecture Spot List

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

Castle remains of the Kishu Tokugawa family made up of 555,000 stones

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

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.

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

Stroll along the heart-shaped pond in the garden

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

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

The symbol of Osaka and loved by people as ”Mr. Taiko's castle,” the Main Tower has been designated as a registered tangible cultural property of Japan.

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

The traditional god of learning

The Yokohama Marine Tower is one of the symbols in Yokohama built in 1961. Visitors can enjoy the 360° panorama view from its observation deck.

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

Dresses available for commemorative photos

View the world six meters below the water surface