Best Visiting around Kansai Spot List

An old shrine known as “Ebessan” to Osaka’s merchants

An urban oasis in Osaka and home to the Main Tower of Osaka-jo Castle. Together with plum trees and cherry trees, the park provides scenic beauty unique to each season.

Now the oldest and most comprehensive botanical gardens in all of Japan

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.

The spectacular views of the enormous rocks will impress you

Southern Osaka's hippest place, where the all the trendy young people go

Known for its relation to the Fujiwara clan, this shrine boasts spectacular views of autumn foliage

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

Beautiful Neo-Renaissance arches

A vast, luxurious resort of 198,000 square meters filled with nature

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

Famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and autumn leaves

A stone paved street where shops of long standing are lined up, full of Kyoto atmosphere

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

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 Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

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

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