6/12 Wednesday
Leave
6/13 Thursday
Arrive
6/14 Friday
Aquarium – Minato 10:30a-8p
Glion Museum – Minato 11a-5p
National museum of art (closed Monday) – Kita 10a-8p(Friday)
Takamura Wine and Coffee Roasters (near NMA) (closed Wednesday) 11a-7:30p
6/15 Saturday
Mt Hiei
Kyoto Botanical Gardens 9a-5p
Hosemi Museum (closed monday) 10a-5p
Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (Takashi Murakami) (closed Monday) 10a-6p
Hoshino Coffee
6/16 Sunday
Expo ’70 Commemorative Park – Suita (closed Wednesday) 9:30a-5p
Camera Naniwa 1 Chome-1-25 Shibata, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0012, Japan 10:30-7:30
Umeda Sky Building – Kita (Tanabata) 9:30-10:30
ALL DAY COFFEE 10-9
Hankyu Sanban Gai (Kiddy Land) – Kita 10a-11p
Hareruya Osaka branch – Umeda 11a-11p
Daimaru Umeda – Kita 10a-8p (Nintendo, Pokemon, Capcom. 13th floor)
disc union osaka 11a-8p
Okonomiyaki Fukutaro 11a-3p / 5p-11p
Sundae May Club Concert 6pm 大阪市北区大淀南1-1-14
6/17 Monday
Dotonbori – Chuo
LiLo Coffee Roasters – Chuo 11a-11p
Parco in Shinsaibashi – Chou 10a-8p
Shisaibashi – Chuo
Tasogare Coffee Stand – Chuo 12-6
Den Den town – Naniwa
· Big Magic 12-8
· Amenity Dream 12-9
· Card Pal
· Dragon Star 12-8
· Yellow Submarine12-8
· Hobby Station 11-8
· Animate 11-8
· Mandarake 12-8
Tonkatsu Wako 11-10
6/18 Tuesday
Shitennoji
Sumiyoshi Taisha 6:30a-5p
Abeno Harukas 9-10
Yakiniku Like
teamLab Botanical Gardens (nighttime) 7pm
6/19 Wednesday
Universal Studios – Konohana
6/20 Thursday
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
International Manga museum (closed Wednesday) – Kyoto Nakagyo 10:30-5:30
WEEKENDERS COFFEE TOMINOKOJI (near manga museum) (closed Wednesday) 7:30a-6p
Snoopy Chaya Kyoto Nishiki 10-6
Railway Museum (closed Wednesday) – Kyoto Shimogyo 10a-5p
Nintendo original building Japan, 〒600-8126 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Kagiyacho, 342番地
Kyoto Station ASTY Kyoto Kyoani Goods Store 11a-7p
Kyoto Tower 10a-9p
Fushimi Inari – Kyoto Fushimi
Kurasu Coffee Near Kyoto Station and near Fushimi Inari – Kyoto Shimogyo 8a-6p
Nintendo Development Center 2-1 Higashikujo Minamimatsudacho, Minami Ward, Kyoto, 601-8502, Japan (south east corner)
6/21 Friday
Kobe
Tezuka Manga museum (closed 17 / 24-27) – Hyogo Takarazuka 9:30-5
Hyogo Prefectural Museum (Gundam exhibition) (Closed Monday) 10-6
Steakland – Chuo 11-2 / 5-9
akashi kaikyo bridge – Tarumi
Maiko park – Tarumi
Kobe Harborland 10a-9p
6/22 Saturday
Toyosato School – Shiga (Closed Monday) 7:30-6:30
Hikone Castle – Shiga 8:30-5
Omi Hachiman – Shiga
1st Nagisa Park – Shiga
Sagawa Art Museum (Closed on Monday, may be closed when I’m there) 9:30-5
Kusatsu City Aquatic Botanical Garden (Closed on Monday) – Shiga 9-5
6/23 Sunday
Kinkakuji – Kyoto Kita 9-5
Kyoto National Museum (Closed Monday) – Kyoto Higashiyama 9-5:30 (might drop)
Nanzenji Temple – Kyoto Sakyo 8:40-5
Gion – Kyoto Higashiyama
Higashiyama
Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya – Kyoto Higashiyama (probably skip)
6/24 Monday
Nara
Nara Park
Isuien Garden 9:30-4:30
Nara National Museum 9:30-8
Todaiji temple – Zoshicho 7:30-5
6/25 Tuesday
Philosopher’s Path
Kyoani Office
Byodo-in
Kumiko Bench
Daikichiyama
Mimurotoji Temple – Koyto Uji
Explore Uji
6/26 Wednesday
Shinsekai – Naniwa
Brooklyn Roasting Company Kitahama – Chou
· Amerikamura
· Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum (closed Monday) – Chou
· Hozenji Yokocho – Chou
Osaka Castle (closed Monday
Osaka History Museum (Closed Tuesday) – Chou
6/27 Thursday
Clean up
Flight out 7:05pm
I have been to Tokyo 3 times previous, this is my first time going to Kansai and it feels like an entirely different beast. I usually go with the mindset that I may miss/skip some stuff that I have planned which I may try to do on the last day time permitting.
by Madnoir