Hi everyone! I will be travelling to Japan (visiting Osaka and Tokyo) in September 2023. Have been doing research for the trip but just wanted to get some comments on my itinerary for Osaka!
OSAKA
Day 1:
•Osaka castle
•kuromon ichiba market
•shinsekai district
•Osaka aquarium
•tempozan marketplace
Day 2:
•Minoo park
•maybe drop by expo 70 commemoration park if there’s time!
•travel to umeda to explore (grand front mall, tenjinbashisuji shopping street etc)
•visit Namba parks/ shinsaibashi district/ shinsekai district/ dotonbori
KYOTO
Day 3:
•Arashiyama bamboo forest
•kimono forest
•togetsukyo bridge
•arashiyama monkey park
•dotonbori?
Day 4:
•Nishiki market
•samurai & ninja museum
•fushimi Inari taisha
•maybe drop by uji if there’s time
•Nara park (to see the deers, sagi ike pond etc)