Best around Kansai Spot List

Take a snack break at this Japanese sweet shop’s tea house

NAMBA NANNAN is one of Namba, Osaka's underground shopping centers, and is host to 67 stores such as fashion shops and gourmet restaurants and more.

An entertaining fireworks show created by people who love the city of Osaka and worthy of being called a ”Naniwa Summer Tradition.”

Taste Nara’s best foods

A pioneer in popularizing authentic French bread in Japan

Sensationally soft cheesecake made using imported cheese from Denmark

A 3-minute walk from Umeda Station. ORIHICA is a Japanese business-casual brand offering high cost-performance suits and shirts for both men and women, with a slim fit design that combines practicality. Highly popular among Japanese office workers.

There is a wide selection of popular home appliances. A store with a passport reader. All items are duty free.

Founded in early in the Edo Period in 1615, this store, which has been run by the same family for 14 generations and over 400 years, is said to be the oldest cotton product store in Japan. There, you can always find a variety of tenugui (hand-towels) with over 200 designs, such as reprinted early Showa period designs and new designs by the current 14th owner, Ihee Hosotsuji. The second floor is a free-admission machiya tenugui gallery where tenugui made from the Meiji period to the early Showa period are on display.

Exclusive for International Visitors! Enjoy Kintetsu Department Store with Tax-Free Shopping & Special Discount Coupons

Located in the Nanki Katsuura hot-spring area, guests at Hotel Urashima can enjoy natural Bokido cave hot-spring baths. The hotel offers 4 other public hot-spring baths. The property offers free shuttle service by car or ferry for limited hours per day, both a 10-minute ride from JR Kii Katsuura Station. Free WiFi is available in the public areas. The air-conditioned rooms feature tatami (woven-straw) floors and Japanese futon bedding. A TV, fridge and an electric kettle with green tea bags are included in each. Rooms come with a private toilet but bathrooms are shared. An outdoor swimming pool is open during the summer and a coin launderette is provided for guests to use. Local gifts can be purchased at the souvenir shop and a karaoke room is available as well. A breakfast and dinner buffet are served at the hotel’s dining room. Urashima Hotel is a 15-minute walk from Katsuura Fishing Port and a 20-minute drive from Taiji Whale Museum.

A wide range of medicines, cosmetics, daily necessities, food, etc., with favorable prices and considerate services

This studio has started offering a new experience called the Maiko Location Photo Plan, where you can take a photo in front of a Kyo-machiya (townhouse in Kyoto) or in the Higashiyama area. To experience being a maiko, you can choose from a variety of gorgeous attire and wear traditional Japanese makeup using face powder and a water-soluble lipstick. Other popular plans include Couple Plan where you can take a photo with your partner wearing a kimono, and the Kids Maiko Plan for children aged five and over (height: 100 centimeters or more).

This ropeway connects Yunoyama Onsen with Mt. Gozaisho, located 1,212 meters above sea level. From the window you can see the townscape of Yunoyama Onsen and Yokkaichi, as well as Ise Bay, and the natural scenery surrounding Mt. Gozaisho transforms every season: azaleas in spring, red dragonflies in summer, colored leaves in autumn (from mid-October to late November), and beautiful frost-covered trees in winter.

A festival of fire unfolds at Nachi Falls

A vault of many national cultural artifacts from the Nara period

A bathhouse exuding old-fashioned charm

Founded in 1904, this cosmetic products store boasts its primary product called Aburatorigami (facial oil blotting paper), which was born out of Kyoto women’s pursuit of and wisdom about beautiful skin. Located in Seiryu-en, which is a strolling spot in the Higashiyama area, the purely Japanese-style store creates a tasteful harmony with the surrounding landscape. You'll find the Kiyomizu store near the bus terminal.

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

Since it was established on August 1, 1924 to host the national high school baseball tournament, Koshien has been a mecca for baseball lovers for over 90 years. The Koshien Liner Vision is set under the huge roof called Ginsan. There, you can enjoy the original gourmet food and a collaboration menu with players.