Best Architecture Spot List

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

The temple is the oldest one in Kamakura, founded by a high priest called Gyoki. Its principal image of worship is the three figures of eleven-faced Kan'non, and the temple ground is covered with various flowers throughout the seasons.

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

It is the palace where the generations of Emperors and Empresses of Japan have lived starting in the Meiji era (1868-1912) to this day. You can visit the palace site as long as you obtain prior permission.

A chalk lighthouse standing on a cliff

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

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

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

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

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden