Taishan Temple Main Hall
Experience Japan's only National Treasure building in Kobe - Taisan-ji Temple Main Hall. This 700-year-old Buddhist masterpiece features unique hybrid architecture blending Japanese and Chinese styles, rare demon exorcism ceremonies, and serene forest settings just 30 minutes from downtown Kobe.
Himeji Castle I, II, III and IV Piers
Explore the four magnificent watchtowers (I, Ro, Ha, Ni) of Himeji Castle, Japan's UNESCO World Heritage site. Learn about their 400-year history, unique defensive features, and architectural brilliance that survived wars and earthquakes.
Colored Silk Portrait of Prince Shotoku and High Priest
Explore the magnificent 11th-century silk portraits of Prince Shotoku and nine Tendai Buddhist masters at Ichijoji Temple in Hyogo. These National Treasures showcase the transmission of Buddhism from India to Japan with exquisite Heian-period artistry.
The Sixth and Remaining Volume of the New Book of World
This Tang dynasty manuscript (7th–8th century) is the oldest surviving copy of Volume 6 of the Shishuo Xinshu (Shishuo Xinyu), a celebrated Chinese anecdote collection. Designated as a National Treasure, this fragment features elegant Tang calligraphy, Heian-period reading marks, and esoteric Buddhist texts on the verso — a testament to over a millennium of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange.
Bronze Bell
Discover the Sakuragaoka Dōtaku, a National Treasure collection of 14 bronze bells and 7 bronze halberds from the Yayoi period, unearthed in Kobe. See rare pictorial bronze bells at Kobe City Museum.
Bronze Bell with Flowing Water Design
Discover the Ryūsui-mon Dōtaku, National Treasure bronze bells adorned with flowing water patterns and pictorial scenes of Yayoi-period life, housed at Kobe City Museum in the heart of Kobe's historic foreign settlement.
Ichijoji Temple Three-Story Pagoda
Discover the Ichijoji Three-Storied Pagoda, a Japanese National Treasure built in 1171. This stunning late Heian-period pagoda stands in the mountains of Kasai City, Hyogo, as part of the Saigoku Pilgrimage's 26th temple.
Dosa Diary
Kakurinji Temple Prince Hall
Kakurinji Temple Main Hall
Jodo Temple Jodo Hall (Amida Hall)
Chokoji Temple Main Hall
Himeji Castle Inui Small Tower
Himeji Castle Main Tower
Himeji Castle West Keep
Himeji Castle East Tower
Bronze Bell with Kesadasuki Design
Bronze Bell with Kesadasuki Design
Remaining Volumes of the Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish