preface
Before leaving for Kansai

PART 1.
Osaka
AREA 1.
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Things to see
Osaka Station City/Umeda Sky Building/Hap/Ohatsutenjin Street/Tsuyunoten Shrine/Hankyu Higashi Street/Yodobashi Camera LINKS UMEDA/HERBIS PLAZA, HERBIS PLAZA ENT/Hilton Plaza Osaka/Hankyu Umeda Main Store/Hankyu 3, 17, 32nd Street/Hanshin Department Store/Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street/Osaka Tenmangu Shrine/Osaka Museum of Housing and Living/Nakazakicho

food
Bagel & Bagel Lucua Osaka / Marutome Za Juice Osaka / WithGreen Eki Marche Osaka / Shin Umeda Restaurant Street / Ippudo Umeda / Eggs 'n Things Umeda Chayamichi / Hyotei / Oishimono Yokocho / Muresuna Tea Osaka / The Grand Cafe / Masakiya / Indian Curry Sanbangai / Wagyu Yakiniku Tajimaya / Shichifukujin / Harukoma Main Store / Cardamom / Coffee House Victor / Okonomiyaki Michikusa / KAYA Cafe / Zipangu Curry Cafe / Taiyounoto / Mikoya

shopping
Nintendo Osaka / Crayon Shin-chan Store / Beams Street / Geren Pepe / Only Planet

AREA 2.
Minami
Things to see
Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street / Daimaru Department Store Shinsaibashi Branch / Amerikamura / Osaka Agricultural and Forestry Hall / Dotonbori / Dotonbori River Jazz Boat / Ebisu Tower Ferris Wheel / Hozenji Yokocho / Kamigata Ukiyo-e Museum / Ebisubashi-suji Shopping Street / Kuromon Market / Namba Parks / Crysta Nagahori / Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street / Sennichimae Shopping Street / Ura-Namba / Zaura / Denden Town Nipponbashi-suji Shopping Street

food
Pablo Shinsaibashi Main Store / Le Pourmier Cafe Shinsaibashi Main Store / Tsurugyu / Marutome Ja Juicery / Mikasadeco & Cafe / Hokkyokusei Shinsaibashi Main Store / Meijiken / Torebon / Ken Kushi / Red Rock Amemura Store / Kukuru Dotonbori Main Store / Sushi Zanmai Ebisubashi Store / Takohachi Dotonbori Main Store / Kinryu Ramen Dotonbori Store / Acchichi Honpo Dotonbori Store / Takoyaki Juhachiban Dotonbori Store / Zauo Namba Main Store / Torikizoku Dotonbori Store / Uoshin Minami Namba Store / Chibo Dotonbori Building Store / 551 Horai Main Store / Ajinoya / Okonomiyaki Sakaba Ou / Kinnotorigara Ebisubashi Store / Rikuro-Ojisannomise Namba Main Store / Tempura Makino Namba Sennichimae Branch / New Daruni / Jiyuken Namba Main Branch / Ichiran Dotonbori Branch Annex / Fukutaro Main Branch / Next Shikaku / Yakiniku Wakabaya / Karaage Kyodai Nipponbashi Branch / Seimenya / Pommie

Living
Freitag Store Osaka / Onitsuka Tiger Shinsaibashi / HUMAN MADE Shinsaibashi PARCO / Stussy Minami / Second Street Americamura / Timeless Comfort Minamihorie / Urban Research Doors Namba Parks / Kurachiga BY Porter Namba Store / Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide

AREA 3.
Osaka Castle
Things to see
Sakuramon Gate / Tenshukaku / Honmaru Japanese Garden / Osaka Castle Bairin / Miraiza Osaka Castle / Nishinomaru Garden / Hokoku Shrine / Eiju Prison Site / Osaka Castle Gozabune Pleasure Boat / Osaka Water Bus Aqualiner Osaka Castle Port / Joteras Osaka / Peace Osaka (Osaka International Peace Center) / Osaka Museum of History / Osaka Entrepreneurs Museum

Living
The Konamon Bar Rikyu / Sachifukuya JO-TERRACE OSAKA / Osaka Jokamachi / Nadai Chibo JO-TERRACE OSAKA / New Babe Tanimachi Main Store / Carbonara / Ramen Tsuji / Shuhari Tanimachi Yonchome Store

AREA 4.
Shinsekai, Shitennoji, and Tsuruhashi
Things to see
Shinsekai / Tsutenkaku / Tennoji Park / Tennoji Zoo / Shitennoji / Abeno Harukas / Nagai Botanical Garden / Tsuruhashi, Ikuno Koreatown

food
Kushikatsu Daruma Main Branch / Gifuya Honke Osaka Shinsekai Branch / Oumiya Main Branch / Nipponbashi Maruei / Shinsekai Kankan / Stand Anaja 98 / Akasakaya / Chitose / Grill Bone / Chiefno Izakaya / Grill Capital, Toyoutei Abeno Harukas Branch / Tsuruhashi Tuna Shokudo / Kohikan Rokubira / Nagareru Sennen / Okonomiyaki Omoni / Sora Tsuruhashi Main Branch / Tsuruhashi Fugetsu Main Branch / Uohachi Shoten Tsuruhashi Branch

shopping
Hihokan Main Branch

AREA 5 Bay Area
Things to see
Universal Studios Japan / Tempozan Harbor Village / Kaiyukan / Legoland Discovery Center Osaka / Tempozan Ferris Wheel / Santa Maria / Tempozan Park / Giraffe Museum / Sakishima Cosmo Tower Observatory

food
Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho / Cafe ROF / Chikkomenkoubou / Tancho

PART 2.
Kyoto

AREA 1.
Eastern Kyoto
Things to see
Ginkaku-ji Temple / Tetsugaku-no-michi / Nanzen-ji Temple / Heian Shrine / Kiyomizu-dera Temple / Ninenzaka, Sannenzaka / Koda
Iji / Yasaka Shrine / Gion / Kyoto National Museum / Mimizuka / Sanjusangendo / Daigoji / Shijo Street /
Nishiki Market / Nakanocho, Pontocho

food
Omen Ginkakuji Main Store / Nanzenji Junsei / Kiyomizu Junsei Okabeya / Akoya Chaya / Kasagiya / Star
Bugs Kyoto Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya Branch / Umezono Kiyomizu Branch / Kyo-Kiyomizu Shigemori / Sohonke Nishin
Soba Matsuba Main Branch / Gion Tsujiri, Saryo Tsujiri / Issenyoshoku Main Branch / Junidanya Main Branch / Kanshundo East Branch
Point / Ramen Fuji Gojo Branch / Kyounawa / Ajinoya / Negiya Heikichi Takasegawa Branch / Menya Inoichi

shopping
Okamoto Kiyomizu Higashiyama Branch / Maiko Experience Studio Shiki / Honke Nishio Yatsuhashi Kiyomi
Zustore / Leica Kyoto Store / Disney Store Kyoto Kawaramachi Store / Sanrio Gallery Kyoto Store / SOUSOU
/ JAM Kyoto Shijo Branch

AREA 2.
Central Kyoto
Things to see
Kyoto Station / Kyoto Tower / Toji Temple / Higashi Honganji Temple, Nishi Honganji Temple / Kyoto Railway Museum / Tofukuji Temple / Fushimi
Inari Taisha Shrine / Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gyoen National Garden / Doshisha University / Nijo Castle

food
Honke Daiichi Asahi Takabashi Main Store / Hana / Umekoji Cafe Bossche / Honke Owariya Main Store / This
Noda Coffee Main Branch / Tiger Gyoza Kaikan Shijo Karasuma Branch / Tendon Makino Kyoto Teramachi Branch

shopping
Comme des Garçons Pocket Kyoto Isetan / Second Street Kyoto Hachijoguchi

AREA 3.
Western Kyoto
Things to see
Kinkaku-ji Temple / Daitoku-ji Temple / Ryoan-ji Temple / Kitano Tenmangu Shrine / Myoshin-ji Temple / Arashiyama Temple / Tenryu-ji Temple / Hogon-in Temple

food
Dainoji / Castella do Paulo / Saganoyu / Unagi Hirokawa / % Arabica Cafe Kyoto Arashiya
Ma / Saga Tofuine Main Branch / Arashiyama Yoshimura

PART 3.
Kobe

AREA 1.
Sannomiya, Motomachi
Things to see
Sannomiya Center Gai / Ikuta Shrine / Ikuta Higashimon Shopping Street / Kitano Tenman Shrine / Kitano Ijinkan
/ Kazamidori no Yakata / Moegino Yakata / Line no Yakata / Nunobiki Herb Garden / Former Foreign Settlement / Nankin
Motomachi Shopping Street

food
Tachibana Centergai Branch / L'Ami / Kobe Beef Steak Ishida Main Branch / Kobe Fraisir / Lavigne / .donut
/ Starbucks Coffee Kobe Kitano Ijinkan Branch / Nishimura Coffee / Kobe Fugetsudo Motomachi Main Branch / Hoko
Do coffee

AREA 2.
Bay Area
Things to see
Meriken Park / Kobe Port Tower / Kobe Port Earthquake Memorial Park / Kobe Maritime Museum / Harborland / umie
Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Shopping Mall / Mosaic Ferris Wheel

food
Eggs 'n Things Harborland Branch / Kobe Motomachi Doria Umie Branch

PART 4.
country

AREA 1.
eastern part of the country
Things to see
Nara Prefectural Office Observation Deck / Higashimuki Shopping Street / Nara Park / Isuiden / Kofukuji Temple / Nara National Museum
/ Todaiji Temple / Kasuga Taisha Shrine / Naramachi Goushinoie

food
Tonkatsu Kanko Nara Branch / Udon Specialty Shop Kamaishi / Okaru / Sakura Burger / Wakakusa Curry / Menya K /
Nakatani-do / Teahouse Sanshutei / Kamameshi Shizuka Park Branch / Kashiya / Okashi Dojo / Neirakukashi
Tsukasa Nakanishi Yosaburo / Isingura Naramachi branch

AREA 2.
western part of the country
Things to see
Horyuji Temple / Toshodaiji Temple / Yakushiji Temple / Koriyama Castle

food
Restaurant Wakatake / Aikawa / Hiraso Horyuji Branch / Fukokuen / Soba Kiri Yoshimura / Donmasa / Monjayaki Yamayoshi Yamato Koriyama Branch

Introducing the latest Osaka travel tips for 2025.
Enjoy your Kansai adventure in one book! Introducing the latest travel destinations in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara!

Osaka, along with Tokyo, is one of the most popular travel destinations in Japan for Koreans.
When traveling to Osaka, you can choose to just visit Osaka, but you can also enjoy a Kansai tour that includes nearby Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara.
A trip to Kansai is a colorful journey where you can experience the diverse landscapes and culture that only Japan has.

Osaka, the heart of Kansai and a city of flavor
Kyoto, a treasure trove of millennia of ancient culture
Kobe, one of the three most beautiful ports, where the sea and mountains come together
Nara, a paradise for cultural heritage and deer

『Right Now, Osaka』, newly prepared and published after 『Right Now, Tokyo』, is a book that combines the sophisticated sensibilities of two young sons with the father's experiences gained from traveling to and from Japan for decades.
It is packed with the latest travel destinations, restaurants, and shopping spots in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara.
We've included many historical stories related to each location to enhance the meaning of your trip and provide you with many experiences.

Travel smarter with regional maps and Google Maps integration!
Includes information on courses and travel tips for your Japan trip!
The taste of travel deepens with detailed descriptions of places!

Includes maps of major tourist destinations in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara.
To help you easily find the location of each tourist attraction while traveling, we've inserted a Google Map QR code into each map so you can easily find and travel.
You can learn about the historical stories of each tourist attraction, making your trip even more enriching.
It would be a shame to miss out on delicious food when traveling to Osaka.
We've compiled a list of authentic restaurants recommended by both locals and tourists, making your trip both fun and satisfying.

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It could be a journey with the sea, a journey with Japanese history, or a journey with Japan's splendid culture.
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