3 Day Kansai Highlights, Osaka, Nara and Kyoto

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About this activity

Start in Osaka with a lively 4-hour city tour filled with local energy, food, culture, and some of the city’s most famous sights.

In Nara, spend 5 relaxing hours exploring peaceful temples, historic areas, and Nara Park, where you can meet the friendly deer that have become one of the city’s symbols.

Finish in Kyoto with an 8-hour journey through Japan’s cultural heart, visiting historic temples, traditional neighborhoods, and places that reveal the history and traditions of the country.

During the tours, we mainly travel by public transportation, including trains, buses, and subways. We recommend bringing an IC card such as ICOCA, Suica, or PASMO. If you prefer to use taxis, please let your guide know.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 days
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Osaka JOINER

What is included

Included

Included: Free Itinerary (You can choose where you want to go)
Included: English Speaking Guide

Not included

Not included: Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.): To travel between the cities and inside the city. [Not needed to pay for the guide's travel]
Not included: Entrance fees: Osaka Castle (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Entrance fees: Shitennoji (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Entrance fees: Todaiji (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Entrance fees: Kasuga Taisha (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Entrance fees: Kinkakuji (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Entrance fees: Kiyomizudera (Optional) [Pay at the site only] (Cash)
Not included: Meals: Do not need to pay the meal of the guide

Itinerary

Day 1 · Osaka

Osaka Castle

one hour Admission not included

Visit one of the most iconic structure in Osaka, full of history, and specially during the spring you can see more than 3,000 cherry blossom trees.
Shitennoji

40 min Admission not included

Visit the first official temple of Japan, and learn with the help of your guide the difference between Buddhism and Shintoism
Shinsekai

30 min

Visit the 'New World', where the city comes a live, but is also 'Frozen in time', discover the history behind the Tsutenkaku tower and the beginning of the Kushikatsu
Kuromon Market

30 min

Visit the fish market of Osaka with over 200 years of history.
Dotombori

20 min

Walk thorught one of the most famous and iconic street in Japan, where you can eat loads of food and do some shopping.

Day 2 · Nara

Nara Park

30 min

Stroll aroound the deer that roam freely in the park, where you can feed and pet them.
Todai-ji Temple

40 min Admission not included

Visit the Great Buddha Hall, where you can learn more about the Buddhism the was spread in Japan through this temple.
Nigatsu-do Temple

20 min

Despite the name, Hall of the Second Month, if you visit it in March, you will be able to see the festival.
Kasuga Grand Shrine

20 min Admission not included

One of the most important shrines not just in Nara, but in the whole Japan. Kasuga Taisha protects the virgim forest that no one can enter. It is also known as shrine of the Lanterns

Day 3 · Kyoto

Arashiyama

one hour

Visit the arashiyama area, where you can visit the Bamboo Groove, and the monkey park.
Kinkakuji Temple

40 min Admission not included

The iconic Kinkaku-ji is a stunning golden pavilion in Kyoto, rebuilt after a 1950s fire and now covered in brilliant gold leaf, reflecting beautifully over its surrounding pond.
Gion

30 min

The place where you can see Geishas or Maikos if you are lucky enough.
Kiyomizu-dera Temple

40 min Admission not included

Visit the temple of the Pure Water, where a monk was travelling north to find the pure water, and he managed to find this place and then built the temple.
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

40 min

The must go place if you are visiting Kyoto, the shrine of 10,000 gates.