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Japan's foremost Monju sanctuary — Kaikei's 7-meter National Treasure statue and the astronomical observatory of onmyoji Abe no Seimei

Head temple of Shingon Buzan-ha and Saigoku 8th site — 399-step roofed corridor leads to Japan's largest wooden Kannon, famed as the 'Temple of Flowers'

Shrine to Kamatari — site of the secret talks leading to the Taika Reform, with the world's only wooden 13-story pagoda amid autumn foliage, the 'Nikko of Kansai'

Riverside site in ancient Tsubaiichi where Baekje envoys landed in 552 CE with Buddha images and sutras, marking Japan's official reception of Buddhism

Ancient Engishiki shrine at the western foothills of Mt. Tomi — traditionally regarded as where Emperor Jimmu first performed rites to the imperial ancestral deities

One of Japan's oldest shrines, where the sacred Mt. Miwa itself is the deity — a ichinomiya of Yamato Province preserving primordial worship without a main hall

Gateway shrine for ascending sacred Mt. Miwa — revered for its medicinal spring water said to cure all ailments, a subsidiary of Omiwa Shrine

The leading candidate site for the Yamatai kingdom — large palace structures reported as 'Himiko's palace' unearthed in 2009, excavations ongoing

Japan's oldest large keyhole mound — the top scholarly candidate for Himiko's tomb, at the heart of the Yamatai kingdom debate

Early 3rd-century keyhole mound adjacent to Makimuku — grave goods spanning both Yayoi and Kofun traditions mark a pivotal transitional site