Shopping in Osaka and Kyoto
My question for this post, is there any shopping areas in Kyoto and Osaka I am missing out on. If there are any same same identical shopping malls/centres in my itinerary please let me know alternatives.
My interests are: anime/lolita/ and any good food
I have two weeks to spend in Osaka and Kyoto, however as I have a baby/toddler with me, I am unable to go on most day trips that take longer than an hour to get to – so locations that are baby friendly preferred.
Osaka – 8 nights
Kyoto – 6 nights
- Sunday – Arrive at Osaka – Kansai International Airport. Luggage storage at hotel – Visit Osaka Castle + Explore Dotonbori
- Monday – Nipponbashi Denden Town (Animate, Jungle, Melonbooks, Gamers, Surugay, Mandarake, Kiddyland)
- Tuesday – Pokemon Center Osaka + QPot Osaka + Lucua Osaka
- Wednesday – Pokemon Center Osaka DX + Nishishinsaibashi + America-mura
- Thursday – Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda (9:30am-2pm) + Legoland Discovery Centre (3:30-6pm)
- Friday – Universal Studios Japan express pass: Harry Potter World + Universal Wonderland + Minion Park
- Saturday – Namba Parks shopping center + Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street
- Sunday – Explore Kobe
- Monday – Check out 11am. Transfer from Osaka to Kyoto + Luggage storage (1pm) + Higashiyama rickshaw 2 hour tour (3-5pm)
- Tuesday – Arashiyama rickshaw 3 hour tour (10am-1pm) + Nijō Castle/Ninomaru Goten Palace (3-5pm)
- Wednesday – Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine (baby carrier required)
- Thursday – Visit kinkaku-ji (9am-12pm) + Nishiki Market + Teramachi-Kyogoku/Shinkyogoku shopping street
- Friday – 9am – organise luggage forwarding service to Tokyo. Kawaramachi OPA – Lvl 3 character goods/Lvl 7 Lolita/ Lvl 8 Book off Plus/ Lvl 9 Tower Records + KIDDY LAND Kyoto Shijo Kawaramachi Store
- Saturday – Kiyomizu-dera street and temple + Kyoto Station shopping: Isetan Department Store
- Sunday – Checkout 9:30am. Catch Shinkansen: Kyoto to Tokyo
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