Best Instagrammable Spots In Kansai

Here're best Instagrammable Spots in Kansai. We released a ranking of reviews about Instagrammable Spots posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Kansai.

Review Ranking

1

Address:390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.

Hours:9:00-17:00

I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!

2

Address:Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:10 min walk from Keage Station. 25 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Nanzenji Eikando, then 10 min walk.

I visited Nanzenji Temple, a popular spot for autumn leaves, and Tenju-an Temple, which has two beautiful gardens, in kimono. The autumn leaves in the eastern garden were in full bloom, and it was a magnificent view that you could see forever while sitting on the porch. Another wonderful view that sighs is the autumn leaves in the south garden, which looks like a painting, cut out by the window frame of the Shoin. When I raised my face to buy a ticket at the entrance, I jumped into my eyes first and was fascinated.

3

Address:2-1-33 Sakurajima Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Access:Universal City Station is the nearest. By car or taxi, 25 min from Shin Osaka Station, 50 min from Kansai Internarional Airport, or 30 min from Itami Airport.

Tel:0570-200-606

Hours:8:30-21:00

March 18, 2022 Super Nintendo World finally opens. Reproduce the world view of the Nintendo Super Mario series. Go through a huge clay pipe to Peach Castle. When you leave the castle, you enter a world where the characters in the game move around. Photogenic spots are everywhere. Area for adults to enjoy.

4

Address:4201-4 Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga

Access:15 min by taxi from Omi Imazu Station to Gondola Sanroku Station, then 8 min by gondola. By car, 60 min from Otsu city to gondola station.

An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.

5

Address:2-1 Ryokuchi, Hokukou, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Access:15 min by bus from Sakurajima Station to Hotel Lodge Maishima.

Hours:9:00-17:00

Location overlooking Osaka Bay. The blue world that spreads as far as the eye can see. About 1 million nemophila bloom and look like a blue carpet. Nemophila Festival will be held from April 9th ​​to May 5th. The collaboration between tulips and nemophila is also beautiful

6

Address:Sawa Makino-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga

Access:6 min by bus from JR Makino Station to Makino Pic Land, then it's located just near. By car, 65 min from Otsu city, 90 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area in Makino Pic Land is available.

It's a road in Makino, Shiga. We can see the seasonal beautiful scenery here. It's must-visit place in Shiga!

7

Address:1547-1 Kido, Otsu-shi, Shiga

Access:To the ropeway station: by car, 30 min from Otsu city, or 50 min from Kyoto city. By bus, 15 min from Shiga Station to Biwako Valley.

I went THE BIWAKO TERRACE in autumn, and enjoyed autumn colored leaves at the same time! We can go up by a rope way, and the temperature drops at the top, so you need something to put on.

8

Address:731-1 Hase, Sakurai-shi, Nara

Access:15 min walk from Kintetsu Hasedera Station. By car, 50 min from Nara city, 75 min from Osaka, or 110 min from Kyoto city. Toll parking area is available.

A Head Temple Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture. It's famous for a flower temple, but what we see first of all after the gate, is this beautiful and long steps. On a New Year's Eve, they will hold a memorial ceremony 'Mandoue' and the whole precinct will wrapped in warm lights.

9

Address:149 Kawakami Okuyamada Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto

Access:By bus, 30 min from JR Uji Station or Kintetsu Shintanabe Station to Ichumae, and change bus to Okuyamada for 15 min, then walk 10 min. By car, 60 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area is available.

Tel:0774-88-3601 

Hours:8:30-16:30

Shouju-in Temple is famous for the lovely heart-shaped window called Inome-mado. Not only the window, I was fascinated with the beautiful paintings on the ceiling that are different one by one. In summer, you can also enjoy tea in the beautiful sounds of wind bell.

10

Address:960-1 Obiki Yura-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama

Access:10 min by car, from Kiyura Station

There are so many terrains that I can't put them on the picture! There were a lot of superb views that I want you to see once! Wakayama where you can see such a wonderful scenery for free! It's too amazing!

11

Address:Kitayama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan

Access:1 min walk, from Kitayama Station

Tel:075-724-2188

Hours:9:00-17:00

This museum is the first painting garden in the world. Michelangelo "The Last Judgment" is about 14m high! This place is a little far from Kyoto station.

12

Keage Incline

12 Review

Address:Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:3 min walk from Keage Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.

Keage Incline has beautiful lush greens in summer. Also, you can see the wonderful scenery every season such as autumn colored leaves and cherry blossoms in spring. For the retro atmosphere, Japanese traditional outfits Kimono and Yukata are excellent with the scenery.

13

Address:221 Han'nyaji-cho, Nara-shi, Nara

Access:10 min by bus from Nara Station to Hannyaji, then 3 min walk. By car, 60 min from Osaka, 60 min from Kyoto city. Toll parking area is available.

Han'nya-ji Temple is well known as a cosmos temple. From September to November, there're 150 thousand and 30 kinds of cosmos are in bloom. It's very photogenic to take pictures of a temple and 13 storied stone pagoda over the cosmos!◎Parking lot is free during weekdays. On holidays, one car for 1 hour will be free, but more than that, you need 500yen.

14

Address:2202 Samita Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara

Access:By car, 15 min from Horyuji IC. Or 2 min walk from Ikebe Station.

Hours:8:00-18:00

Umami Kyuryo Park is a large prefectural park with ancient tombs and rich nature. There're about 500 thousand tulips and spring flowers in the park! You can enjoy various seasonal flowers whenever you visit the park.◎Tulip Fair in 2018, 4/7-4/15, 10:00-17:00. Entrance fee is free. You can enjoy seeing flowers anytime, but some events and food trucks are only during the fair.

15

Address:2 Yumebutai, Awaji-shi, Hyogo

Access:10 min by car, from Awaji IC

Tel:0799-74-1000

Together with foliage plants and orchids, the water's edge and other displays are totally produced. Every corner of the large glasshouse surrounded by vivid color flowers and greens is so photogenic! Let's wear a colorful dress and take beautiful pictures here!◎This botanical garden is a highlight of a complex 'Awaji Yume Butai'. They hold various kinds of exhibitions, so you can enjoy anytime. Entrance fee: adult 600yen

16

Osaka Castle

10 Review

Address:1-1 Osakajo Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Access:Osaka Castle Park Station is the nearest. By car or taxi, 20 min from Shin Osaka Station, 15 min from Osaka Station, 25 min from Itami Airport, or 50 min from Kansai International Airport.

Tel:06-6941-3044

Hours:9:00-17:00

The reflections of nature in the park and town landscape are beautiful every season, and we can feel refreshed with it. It's the other side of Osaka, called as a water town.

17

Address:2865-4 Kusumoto, Awaji-shi, Hyogo

Access:By car, 12 min from Awaji IC, 10 min from Higashiura IC.

Tel:0799-74-6426

Hours:9:00-17:00

A flower island, Awaji's famous place 'Hana Sajiki' has 15ha area and 300m high above sea level. The beautiful location with the sea spleding below is truly 'sky flower garden'. In summer, you can enjoy sunflower and salvia.◎Entrance fee: free I enjoyed sunflowers, red and blue salvia in summer.

18

Address:8-10 Yumebutai, Awaji-shi, Hyogo

Access:By car, 5 min from Awaji IC, or Higashiura IC.

Tel:0799-72-2000

Hours:9:30-18:00

There're a few people, and we can see the blossoms leisurely. Kawazu Zakura is an early cherry blossom, so we can feel spring earlier. There're other flowers, such as mimosa and tulip, they would make us feel relaxed.

19

Address:1527 Kemi, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama

Access:10 min by car, or 15 min by bus from JR Nankai Station to Wakayama Marina City. 90 min from Osaka by car.

Hours:10:00-

Located in Wakayama Marina City, PORTO EUROPE is a very fashionable and photogenic place that imitates the townscape of France and Italy. Because it doesn't require the admission fees, there're many people enjoy taking pictures.◎There're an amusement park, the local food shops and restaurants in the same site, so all of your families can enjoy together. The entrance fee is free, but you need fees if you want to take rides of an amusement park.

20

Address:Senri Banpaku Koen, Suita-shi, Osaka

Access:The nearest stations are Banpaku Kinen Koen Station, and Koen Higashi-guchi (East Gate) Station. The nearst IC is Chugoku Suita IC. 5min from both Meishin Suita IC, and Kinki Suita IC.

Flower Hill near the west gate of Expo '70 Commemorative Park. We can see the seasonal flowers here, and it's been a chamomile flower field since May of 2019. And there's cosmos in autumn every year. We can take beautiful photos that the hill connects with the sky.

21

Address:180 Kibune-cho Kurama Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:5 min from Kifune-guchi Station of Eizan Train to 'Kifune', then walk 5 min.

Though it's sometimes terribly hot in Kyoto, the sensory temperature becomes cooler when you enter into Kifune Shrine with lush greens. It's located in such a rich nature. Its fortune-telling slip, that the letters appear on the water, is also attractive.

22

Kawai Shrine

4 Review

Address:59 Izumigawa-cho Shimogamo Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:10 min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi Station. By bus, 30 min from Tadasu-no Mori, then 3 min walk. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.

Hours: 6:30-17:00

At Kawai Shrine, you can make up ema (votive picture tablet to write your wish) by your own cosmetics. They sell a beverage named 'Bijin Sui (Beauty Water)', it's nice place for people like beauty treatments. You can enjoy this lovely shrine even just looking around.

23

Address:Imahama-cho, Moriyama-shi, Shiga

Access:25 min by bus from Moriyama Station to Daiichi Nagisa Park. 35 min by car or taxi from Otsu Station.

Daiichi Nagisa Park has early canola flowers. Canola flower would bloom in spring though, we can see them from around January. What's more, on sunny days, I like this beautiful scenery of mountains and Lake Bia behind the flowers.

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Address:1877-9 Gosukeyama Rokkosan-cho Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo

Access:10 min by bus from Rokko Mountain Top Station of cable car. By car or taxi, 30 min from Shin Kobe Station.

Tel:078-894-2281

Hours:10:00-21:00,10:00-18:00

A dome-shaped observatory made of Japanese cypress that looks like a work of art on Mt. Rokko. The appearance is also nice, but if you go down the stairs to the basement, there is a wind room that is the trunk of the observatory. The inside of the Rokko Shidare tube is as cold as a cave, and the wind seems to play music. When you look up, it's a wonderful space with fantastic light coming in.

25

Address:1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Gojōzaka, then 10 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.

Tel:075-551-1234

Hours:6:00-18:30

Kiyomizu Temple has a history more than 1200 years. Obviously, this temple is one of the most famous tourist spots in Kyoto. The wooden huge stage of Kiyomizu is impressive, and, please don't miss the Three Storied Pagoda and Niou Gate in front of the entrance, which are also beautiful.

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Instagrammable Sweet

Cafe De Agenda

19 Reviews

Cafe de Agenda in Motomachi, Kobe. I received Agenda's Halloween sweets. Halloween short cake and caramel pumpkin. Pumpkin and purple potatoes that are in season now are used, and the color of the sauce that is too beautiful on the plate is also Halloween specification. I was able to enjoy the Halloween mood with Agenda's sweets.

And Cafe

41 Reviews

2 / 12.13.14 Valentine limited 15 meals limited to collaboration with @tsunagu_saboh. Sabo-kun's confession, Sabo-kun is pink! I also have a ribbon! Agony level. I can't breathe because I'm grabbed by my heart. It was a sweet that was cute, delicious and made me feel happy.

Coffee Shop Soiree

8 Reviews

A retro coffee shop famous for its jewel-like beautiful jelly punch. It was a blissful time to look at the jelly punch in the blue space. There are only popular shops, so the days I visited are lined up! The photos are from past visits, but I think they are still available.

Instagrammable Cafe And Restaurant

And Cafe

41 Reviews

2 / 12.13.14 Valentine limited 15 meals limited to collaboration with @tsunagu_saboh. Sabo-kun's confession, Sabo-kun is pink! I also have a ribbon! Agony level. I can't breathe because I'm grabbed by my heart. It was a sweet that was cute, delicious and made me feel happy.

Coffee Shop Soiree

8 Reviews

A retro coffee shop famous for its jewel-like beautiful jelly punch. It was a blissful time to look at the jelly punch in the blue space. There are only popular shops, so the days I visited are lined up! The photos are from past visits, but I think they are still available.

Karyo Itoken

16 Reviews

Itoken, a confectionery dormitory in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. What I got here was a double peach field parfait. A high-impact peach parfait with two fresh whole peaches on it. Fresh peaches and sweet and sour peach sorbet. Crushed almonds with a nice texture, and lemon jelly at the end for a refreshing aftertaste. I was very satisfied with the volume.

Instagrammable Shrine And Temple

Yasaka Koshin-do Temple

8 Reviews

I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!

Hase-dera Temple

11 Reviews

A Head Temple Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture. It's famous for a flower temple, but what we see first of all after the gate, is this beautiful and long steps. On a New Year's Eve, they will hold a memorial ceremony 'Mandoue' and the whole precinct will wrapped in warm lights.

Nanzen-ji Temple

18 Reviews

Suirokaku stands quietly in the back of Nanzenji Temple. It looks great whether you take it from an angle or from the front. It is a popular spot with beautiful fresh greenery in summer and autumn leaves in autumn. I was healed by a lovely kimono couple. This is a recommended spot for walking around kimono.

Instagrammable Hotel

The Westin Miyako Kyoto

6 Reviews

The Westin Miyako Kyoto, located in Kise, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. This time I would like to introduce you to the heart-shaped spiral staircase here. There is a position that looks just like a heart when looking up from below, which is also cute. It's a little difficult to understand, but the hotel will guide you to the stairs. A hidden spot recommended for sightseeing in Kyoto.

Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland

10 Reviews

From all rooms, we can see The Port Tower which is a symbol of Kobe, and beautiful Kobe Port. Landscape of port in the morning sunlight, and glittering night view, you can have them all to yourself. What's more, the biggest fascinations, we can enjoy this hotel's famous afternoon tea and delicious breakfast of Kobe LE PAN Bakery at the terrace of our room.

Hotel Lodge Maishima

2 Reviews

There is a free shuttle bus from USJ, and it's a good location, but it's such a great nature! ? The lodge is designed in the image of a tropical country and has a large terrace.The hydrangea festival is held during the hydrangea season and it is very crowded! The adjacent forest and rill BBQ area is all-weather and full of nature! It is a wonderful hotel where the whole family can enjoy, with the Fishing Liberation Area and Maishima Ryokuchi Park with plenty of playground equipment right next to it.

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Shiga

Address:4201-4 Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga

Access:15 min by taxi from Omi Imazu Station to Gondola Sanroku Station, then 8 min by gondola. By car, 60 min from Otsu city to gondola station.

An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.

Nara

Address:731-1 Hase, Sakurai-shi, Nara

Access:15 min walk from Kintetsu Hasedera Station. By car, 50 min from Nara city, 75 min from Osaka, or 110 min from Kyoto city. Toll parking area is available.

A Head Temple Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture. It's famous for a flower temple, but what we see first of all after the gate, is this beautiful and long steps. On a New Year's Eve, they will hold a memorial ceremony 'Mandoue' and the whole precinct will wrapped in warm lights.

Kyoto

Address:390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Access:By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.

Hours:9:00-17:00

I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!

Hyogo

Address:2865-4 Kusumoto, Awaji-shi, Hyogo

Access:By car, 12 min from Awaji IC, 10 min from Higashiura IC.

Tel:0799-74-6426

Hours:9:00-17:00

A flower island, Awaji's famous place 'Hana Sajiki' has 15ha area and 300m high above sea level. The beautiful location with the sea spleding below is truly 'sky flower garden'. In summer, you can enjoy sunflower and salvia.◎Entrance fee: free I enjoyed sunflowers, red and blue salvia in summer.

Osaka

Address:2-1-33 Sakurajima Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Access:Universal City Station is the nearest. By car or taxi, 25 min from Shin Osaka Station, 50 min from Kansai Internarional Airport, or 30 min from Itami Airport.

Tel:0570-200-606

Hours:8:30-21:00

March 18, 2022 Super Nintendo World finally opens. Reproduce the world view of the Nintendo Super Mario series. Go through a huge clay pipe to Peach Castle. When you leave the castle, you enter a world where the characters in the game move around. Photogenic spots are everywhere. Area for adults to enjoy.

Shiga

A Hill With Lake Biwa View (Biwako-no Mieru Oka)

7 Reviews

An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.

THE BIWAKO TERRACE

8 Reviews

I went THE BIWAKO TERRACE in autumn, and enjoyed autumn colored leaves at the same time! We can go up by a rope way, and the temperature drops at the top, so you need something to put on.

Metasequoia Avenue

16 Reviews

It's a road in Makino, Shiga. We can see the seasonal beautiful scenery here. It's must-visit place in Shiga!

Nara

Hase-dera Temple

11 Reviews

A Head Temple Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture. It's famous for a flower temple, but what we see first of all after the gate, is this beautiful and long steps. On a New Year's Eve, they will hold a memorial ceremony 'Mandoue' and the whole precinct will wrapped in warm lights.

Han'nya-ji Temple

14 Reviews

Han'nya-ji Temple is well known as a cosmos temple. From September to November, there're 150 thousand and 30 kinds of cosmos are in bloom. It's very photogenic to take pictures of a temple and 13 storied stone pagoda over the cosmos!◎Parking lot is free during weekdays. On holidays, one car for 1 hour will be free, but more than that, you need 500yen.

Umami Kyuryo Park

9 Reviews

Umami Kyuryo Park is a large prefectural park with ancient tombs and rich nature. There're about 500 thousand tulips and spring flowers in the park! You can enjoy various seasonal flowers whenever you visit the park.◎Tulip Fair in 2018, 4/7-4/15, 10:00-17:00. Entrance fee is free. You can enjoy seeing flowers anytime, but some events and food trucks are only during the fair.

Kyoto

Yasaka Koshin-do Temple

8 Reviews

I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!

Nanzen-ji Temple

18 Reviews

I visited Nanzenji Temple, a popular spot for autumn leaves, and Tenju-an Temple, which has two beautiful gardens, in kimono. The autumn leaves in the eastern garden were in full bloom, and it was a magnificent view that you could see forever while sitting on the porch. Another wonderful view that sighs is the autumn leaves in the south garden, which looks like a painting, cut out by the window frame of the Shoin. When I raised my face to buy a ticket at the entrance, I jumped into my eyes first and was fascinated.

Shoju-in Temple

22 Reviews

Shouju-in Temple is famous for the lovely heart-shaped window called Inome-mado. Not only the window, I was fascinated with the beautiful paintings on the ceiling that are different one by one. In summer, you can also enjoy tea in the beautiful sounds of wind bell.

Hyogo

Awaji Hana Sajiki

7 Reviews

A flower island, Awaji's famous place 'Hana Sajiki' has 15ha area and 300m high above sea level. The beautiful location with the sea spleding below is truly 'sky flower garden'. In summer, you can enjoy sunflower and salvia.◎Entrance fee: free I enjoyed sunflowers, red and blue salvia in summer.

Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park

8 Reviews

There're a few people, and we can see the blossoms leisurely. Kawazu Zakura is an early cherry blossom, so we can feel spring earlier. There're other flowers, such as mimosa and tulip, they would make us feel relaxed.

Rokko Shidare Observatory

5 Reviews

A dome-shaped observatory made of Japanese cypress that looks like a work of art on Mt. Rokko. The appearance is also nice, but if you go down the stairs to the basement, there is a wind room that is the trunk of the observatory. The inside of the Rokko Shidare tube is as cold as a cave, and the wind seems to play music. When you look up, it's a wonderful space with fantastic light coming in.

Osaka

UNIVERSAL STUDIO JAPAN

11 Reviews

March 18, 2022 Super Nintendo World finally opens. Reproduce the world view of the Nintendo Super Mario series. Go through a huge clay pipe to Peach Castle. When you leave the castle, you enter a world where the characters in the game move around. Photogenic spots are everywhere. Area for adults to enjoy.

Osaka Maishima Seaside Park

20 Reviews

Location overlooking Osaka Bay. The blue world that spreads as far as the eye can see. About 1 million nemophila bloom and look like a blue carpet. Nemophila Festival will be held from April 9th ​​to May 5th. The collaboration between tulips and nemophila is also beautiful

Expo '70 Commemorative Park

12 Reviews

Flower Hill near the west gate of Expo '70 Commemorative Park. We can see the seasonal flowers here, and it's been a chamomile flower field since May of 2019. And there's cosmos in autumn every year. We can take beautiful photos that the hill connects with the sky.

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