You may fly to Kansai airport to access the Kansai region, which is essentially the heat of the nation; embracing the historical and cultural centers of Kyoto and Nara, the Ise-Shima shrines, and the vibrant commercial cities of Osaka and Kobe.
White Tokyo usually provides the first glimpse of modern Japan’s many strange contracts, it is to Kyoto and Nara the visitors with even a passing interest in Japanese history and culture come to peel back the layers of centuries. Although Kyoto is internationally renowned as the country's de facto cultural capital, nearby Nara was the first important home of the imperial court and still boasts many of Japan's most important temples and shrines.
Ise-Shima Park is the ultimate sanctuary of Japan's ancestral Shinto gods.
Osaka and next door Kobe offer striking views of commercial Japan in all it's modernity, this on a slightly more accessible and maybe less intimidating scale than that of Tokyo's urban sprawl.
No other region of Japan offers the same combination of urban intensity, rural tranquility, and dramatic cultural treasures —and all in such close proximity.
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You may fly to Kansai airport to access the Kansai region, which is essentially the heat of the nation; embracing the historical and cultural centers of Kyoto and Nara, the Ise-Shima shrines, and the vibrant commercial cities of Osaka and Kobe.
White Tokyo usually provides the first glimpse of modern Japan’s many strange contracts, it is to Kyoto and Nara the visitors with even a passing interest in Japanese history and culture come to peel back the layers of centuries. Although Kyoto is internationally renowned as the country's de facto cultural capital, nearby Nara was the first important home of the imperial court and still boasts many of Japan's most important temples and shrines.
Ise-Shima Park is the ultimate sanctuary of Japan's ancestral Shinto gods.
Osaka and next door Kobe offer striking views of commercial Japan in all it's modernity, this on a slightly more accessible and maybe less intimidating scale than that of Tokyo's urban sprawl.
No other region of Japan offers the same combination of urban intensity, rural tranquility, and dramatic cultural treasures —and all in such close proximity.
The small Ebisu Bridge is a favorite meeting place for Osaka's trendiest young things. As you cross the bridge, stop in the middle to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the people, the blazing neon, and the Dotomburi River below you.
In the Nipponbashi area you will find Den-Den Town, Osaka's sadly underwhelming answer to Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district.
Nipponbashi is also famous as the national home of bunraku. Although its popularity waned during the Meiji paled, it has been "rediscovered" this century, the most dramatic evidence being the vast investment in the National Bunraku Theater in Nipponbashi.
This is Osaka's widely known Shinsaibashi shopping mall, maybe not as well known as the in Tokyo equivalent markets of Ginza and Shinjuku.
My recommendation is that you are short of time in the City - this should be the place you visit at night for an evening stroll.
More than just Japan's second city, Osaka is also the perfect base from which to explore nearby Nara and Kyoto by train. Although Osaka is overshadowed by Tokyo in the big-city stakes - it is a vibrant and energetic world capital in its own right and certainly has plenty to offer the curious visitor.
Indeed, for many visitors Osaka is more truly -Japanese than Tokyo - having more character than its extensive rival to the east. Osakans pride themselves on being more hospitable, genial and more casual than their Tokyo brethren, whom they have fun to ridicule as solemn and strict. They are also renowned throughout Japan for two things: doing business and eating.
Originally a merchant city and trading hub, a mantle that it still maintains. It is a place to do business, and with it pleasure - and you will find these inseparable here for the business-folk of this city.
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Graphic showing average weather in Kansai International Airport in Celcius and Centimeters (Change to Farenheit and Inches)
Month | Temp °C | Rainfall Cm | Temp °F | Rainfall Inches |
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Jan | 4.6 | 55.2 | 40.3 | 21.7 |
Feb | 5 | 62.9 | 41 | 24.8 |
Mar | 7.9 | 105.5 | 46.2 | 41.5 |
Apr | 13.3 | 142.3 | 55.9 | 56 |
May | 17.9 | 123.5 | 64.2 | 48.6 |
Jun | 22.1 | 222.2 | 71.8 | 87.5 |
Jul | 26.7 | 169.9 | 80.1 | 66.9 |
Aug | 26.9 | 136 | 80.4 | 53.5 |
Sep | 23.5 | 217.1 | 74.3 | 85.5 |
Oct | 17.8 | 160.2 | 64 | 63.1 |
Nov | 12.2 | 70.5 | 54 | 27.8 |
Dec | 7.4 | 60.5 | 45.3 | 23.8 |
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