Hi – We are travelling to Japan next month and are after some feedback on the Kyoto/Osaka element of our trip. We will have completed a week in Tokyo ahead of this part of our trip and will be coming into Kyoto after spending a night near Lake Kawaguchi.
Below are where are our hotels are based for the 8 days. Note we are spending a night at Hiroshima due to getting a ferry from Hakata the next day and therefore thinking splitting the journey down might be worthwhile given we would like to visit Hiroshima anyway.
Day 1 – Kyoto (travelling from Mount Fuji so half a day available)
Day 2 – Kyoto
Day 3 – Kyoto
Day 4 – Osaka
Day 5 – Osaka
Day 6 – Osaka
Day 7 – Osaka
Day 8 – Hiroshima
Our plan isn’t to book too much in advance and to just have a general idea of what sounds appealing to us and decide what to do nearer the day.
The feedback we’re after specifically is:
– We’re thinking about day trips to Nara and Kobe as part of our nights in Osaka. Is that worthwhile or is there is a risk we’re leaving ourselves too little time in Osaka itself?
– We have 3 nights booked in a hotel near Shinsaibashi and then our last night in Osaka is booked in Spaworld Hotel. Given Spaworld is south of the city, we’re wondering if it’s a waste of our time moving down there with luggage etc and instead whether we should just stay in one hotel the whole time?
– There are various city tours available including sightseeing ones and food focused ones. The food ones in particular I’m hesitant on thinking they’ll just show us tourist traps and so I’m wondering whether us exploring for an evening instead is a better idea. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thank you in advance for your help!
by Vast-Hope-1865