🌸 7-Day In-Depth Tour of Japan's Kansai 👏

#Tokyo is great, but for an in-depth experience of #Japan, you have to visit #Kansai, from the historical city of #Kyoto, to the miniature of Chang'an, #Nara, and finally to #Osaka for eating, drinking, and shopping. The most special part is that different experiences are arranged every day, such as geisha performances, tuna cutting shows, ancient temple tea ceremonies, and crafts. Some of these experiences I dare say you won't find a second one anywhere else on the web! 7-day, 6-night itinerary reference: ✔️ D1: Kansai Airport - Wakayama Awaji Island Shrine, Wakayama Castle, Kii Sanzen-in Temple, Kuroshio Market 🌟 Special Experience: Freshly Cut Tuna at Kuroshio Market In addition to the abundant seafood at Kuroshio Market, the tuna cutting show is a must-see. The tuna being dissected is freshly caught in the morning. After the show, you can taste the fresh and delicious tuna on the spot, and it's much cheaper than elsewhere. ✔️ D2: Wakayama - Uji - Kyoto Uji is the hometown of matcha, with all kinds of matcha sweets, matcha ice cream, matcha cookies... It's unimaginable how happy matcha lovers will be here. 🌟 Special Experience: Matcha Afternoon Tea Sit in the tea house of the Japanese garden at Byodo-in and enjoy the real Uji matcha. There's plenty of matcha around, but only the one here is the authentic Uji matcha. ✔️ D3: Kyoto As one of Japan's most popular destinations, Kiyomizu-dera, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Chiritorito, and Kinkaku-ji are all must-visit spots. 🌟 Special Experience: Summer Limited Kawadoko Cuisine & Geisha Performance Geisha performances, as the quintessence of Japan, are not something you can see anytime you want. In the summer evenings, enjoying cool and delicious dishes while watching geisha performances is an extremely rare experience. ✔️ D4: Kyoto Arashiyama One of the most popular attractions near Kyoto, you can take a retro train to enjoy the gorge scenery on both sides of the Hozu River, or take a rickshaw from Togetsukyo Bridge to Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. 🌟 Special Experience: Michelin One-Star Shojin Cuisine & Kyoto Confectionery Handmade Vegetarian meals are not unusual, but a Michelin one-star vegetarian meal is rare. Made entirely from vegetables, wild vegetables, and seaweed, you can still taste sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty. Kyoto confectionery is a traditional Japanese snack, and making it with the old master himself has special significance. ✔️ D5: Kyoto - Nara - Osaka Nara Park, Kasuga Taisha 🌟 Special Experience: Ancient Temple Tea Ceremony + Ikoma Mountain Sunset Cable Car In the morning, learn the tea ceremony in a thousand-year-old temple with a monk to start a beautiful day. Before sunset, take the cable car at Ikoma Mountain Amusement Park and slowly glide in the direction of the sunset, which is super healing~ ✔️ D6: Kyoto - Osaka Osaka Castle Park, Dotonbori, Shinsaibashi 🌟 Special Experience: Osaka Port Retro Sailboat Sunset Cruise Before sunset, board the retro sailboat at Osaka Port to appreciate the city from a different perspective. Moreover, the appearance of the sailboat is modeled after Columbus's fleet at that time. ✔️ D7: Osaka - Departure #JapanOffTheBeatenPath #PrivateCustomTour