Things to Do in Kansai, Japan
Japan's cultural heart: Kyoto, Nara and Osaka, plus the pilgrim trails and islands of the Kii Peninsula.
233 destinations across 7 prefectures
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Places to Visit in Kansai
Ukimido Floating Hall
Lakeside Temple Hall Standing Over the Water at Katata
A small temple hall of Mangetsu-ji that stands out over Lake Biwa on piles at Katata, long celebr...
Kyozuan Arashiyama
Tofu soft serve so dense it won't fall out upside-down
A tofu-sweets stand in Kyoto's Arashiyama, by the Randen station in front of Tenryu-ji, famous fo...
Michi-no-Eki Yoshinoji Oyodo i-Center
Roadside gateway to Yoshino with a local tea soft serve
A roadside station on Route 169 in Oyodo, a gateway to the Yoshino mountains and their cherry blo...
Michi-no-Eki Ise-Shima
Ise-Shima roadside station with an Ise-tea soft serve
A roadside station on Route 167 near the heart of Ise-Shima National Park, with a local produce a...
Michi-no-Eki Kyotamba Ajimu-no-Sato
Expressway roadside station in Kyoto's black-soybean country
A large roadside station in the hills of Kyotamba on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway, in the Tamba dis...
Michi-no-Eki Yoka Tajimagura
Roadside Station in the Tajima Hills
A roadside station on Route 9 in Yoka, Yabu, in the Tajima region of northern Hyogo, best known f...
Michi-no-Eki Okukawachi Kuromaro-no-Sato
Hillside roadside station with a summer peach-dice soft serve
A large roadside station in the wooded Okukawachi hills of Kawachinagano in southern Osaka, with ...
Michi-no-Eki Minabe Ume Shinkokan
Plum-promotion roadside hall in Japan's top umeboshi town
A roadside station and plum-culture hall in Minabe, Japan's top plum-growing town and home of the...