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Six ways to do Kansai.
Each plan is built around one idea — the Pokémon route, three days in Kyoto, a temple stay on the mountain — and ignores everything else. Pick the one that actually fits why you came.
6 plans covering all 6 prefectures none of them last more than 3 days
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01
2 days
Easy
5 stops · Osaka + Kyoto
Pokémon Pilgrimage
Across four cities, five stores, one obsession.
The complete Kansai Pokémon route — Osaka DX with its café, Nintendo OSAKA, the Kyoto branch, and the one airport store you only see on the way home.
Best for Fans who already know which Pikachu they're here for.
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02
2 days
Moderate
4 stops · Osaka
Nintendo OSAKA Trip
The store, the park, the day you wear yourself out smiling.
Nintendo OSAKA on day one, Super Nintendo World at USJ on day two. Builds the trip around the ticket system instead of fighting it.
Best for Players who want both the merchandise and the rides.
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03
3 days
Easy
9 stops · Kyoto
Three Days in Kyoto
Skip the buses. Skip the Arashiyama crowds.
A Kyoto route built on actual data: subway over buses, neighborhood walks over circling temple parking lots, and the timing tricks the guidebooks won't commit to.
Best for First-timers who don't want the worst-of-Kyoto cliché.
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04
1 day
Easy
4 stops · Nara
Hidden Nara
Beyond the deer park.
The half of Nara most day-trippers never reach — Asuka's ancient burial mounds, Naramachi's former merchant quarter, and one quiet temple where no one will be selling you crackers.
Best for Returning travelers who've already seen Tōdai-ji.
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05
1 day
Easy
8 stops · Osaka
Subculture Tour
Den Den Town, Mandarake, and the corners you came for.
Osaka's answer to Akihabara, walked in a single dense afternoon. With one rule the maid-café-curious need to read first.
Best for Fans of anime, figures, and shops with the lights on too bright.
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06
2 days
Moderate
3 stops · Wakayama
Koyasan Temple Stay
Sleep in a monastery, eat Buddhist cuisine, walk the cemetery at dawn.
A proper shukubō stay on the mountain Kōbō Daishi founded in 816. Tatami, vegetarian meals, and the Okunoin lantern walk done at the time it's actually worth doing.
Best for Travelers ready to leave the city for one quiet night.
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Don't see your trip?
These six are the routes I actually believe in. If you're after something else — a food-only week, a children-friendly Kansai, an entirely temple-free trip — tell me what you'd want and it may become Plan 07.
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