& s i d e t r i p s t o Kobe / Himeji / Nara / Hiroshima / Koyasan !
awesome fried skewers 大阪新世界元祖 串かつ だるま |
Shinsekai 新世界 where Tsutenkaku 通天閣 is |
Billiken in a Hanshin Tigers uniform |
Dotonbori |
道頓堀 |
Capsule Hotel in Shinsaibashi 心斎橋 |
must-eat nikuman |
Osaka Castle in real life 本物 |
Osaka Castle at home lol |
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... also check out the super cool Osaka Museum of History 大阪歴史博物館 near the castle! A perfect rainy day activity :) 
Sumiyoshi Taisha 住吉大社 |
ridiculous "penguin parade" outside Osaka Aquarium |
Universal Studios Japan |
Harry Potter! Super long queue |
a week before Halloween at USJ |
| K O B E 神 戸 |
30 minutes to Kobe 神戸 |
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge 明石海峡大橋, the longest suspension bridge in the world |
| H I M E J I 姫 路 |
an hour to the "white castle" Himeji Castle 姫路城 post restoration |
Shoshazan where parts of the Last Samurai were filmed |
| N A R A 奈 良 |
an hour to Nara, occupied by deer |
super old wooden Horyuji Temple 法隆寺 |
Kasuga Taisha 春日大社 |
Todaiji 東大寺 where you can climb through Buddha's nostril |
| HIROSHIMA 広 島 |
1.5 hours by Shinkansen to Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome |
Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine 宮島 嚴島神社 famous for the "floating" torii gate |
| K O Y A S A N 高 野 山 |
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| 2.5 hours to Mount Koya 高野山 which has lots of interesting tombstones | |
S i d e t r i p s f r o m O s a k a t o Kobe / Himeji / Nara / Hiroshima / Koyasan !
