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Welcome Kansai is established to help visitors coming to Japan have useful tourist information in Kansai Region - The Soul of Japan (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama, Kobe and Shiga)
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So please be free to ask us any your concerns about this beautiful Region.
Thank you and hope you have great and unforgettable trips in Japan and Kansai. （ﾉ｡≧◇≦）ﾉ
Osaka is the centre of Kansai Area, having accomodation here during your trip is the best choice. During day time, from Osaka you can visit around Kansai Area and at night coming back to Osaka to enjoy night life.
Looking for some good Airbnb house, here are somes for your references.
Here are our suggestions for visitors to help for your reference about WHAT I SHOULD DO IN KYOTO? If you like it and find it useful, let's share on your timeline or someone who are planing to visit Kyoto - Kansai - Japan in the future.
We will continue updating this list.
In Osaka, there is one cafe shop that you can meet and make friends with Owl.
Do you want to come there?
Here is a detail address for you: https://goo.gl/maps/ATLNJobbRbH2
The Owl Cafe is definitely our favourite!! Look how cuddly all the owls are... don't you want to bring them home too? :>
Recently, Welcome Kansai Team made a video intrdoce Tsutenkaku - The most famous and must-see observation tower in Osaka City.
Coming up to the top of Tower you can have a panorama view of Osaka
Let's with us visit Tsutenkaku Tower via this video. Hope you enjoy it.
More detail about Tsutentaku Tower: https://www.welcomekansai.com/…/tennojiabe…/tsutenkaku-tower
#kansai #osaka #tsutenkaku #shinseikai
Amazing Wakayama
Find more interesting places in Wakayama here: https://www.welcomekansai.com/location/wakayama
#wakayama #和歌山
The three levels Pagoda Seigantoji and the Nachi falls at Wakayama Prefecture
One of famous Hanabi Festival in Osaka is PL Art Firework – Praying peace for the World in this colorful Firework festival.
The purpose of this Firework festival is praying for the peace of World. Many kinds of Firework performance will illuminate the Sky with the Light Art. And this is one of few Firework Festival in Kansai can enjoy the masterpiece of 700 meters Firework Flower Ball from multiple directions at the same time.
Date time: August 1th, 2016 from 20:00 to 20:40...
Access: Walking from Kintetsu Tondabayashi Station North Gate 15 minutes
Find out more firework events in Kansai: http://bit.ly/1YqTO2Q
#hanabi #kansaihanabi #fireworkfestival #japan #summer #festival #osaka
Next month, we will enjoy the Light and Music performances on the Night Sky. It is Hanabi - Firework Festival - the special events during Summer.
Let's with us check some main Hanabi events in Kansai Area here
#hanabi #kansai #fireworkfestival #matsuri
Ayabe Minatsuki Firework Festival – 4000 Firework paint the Sky and Yuragawa River surface
The Firework festival will be hold at Kyoto Prefecture Ayabe City. The main attractive shape of Firework during this event is Starmine and will color the beautiful Night Sky with around 4000 firework launch. And before the opening time of Main event, around 10,000 lantern will be sink on the surface of Yuragawa River.
Date time: July 23th, 2016 from 20:00 to 20:45...
Number of Firework Launch: 4000
Location: Yuragawa River - Kyoto
Access: From JR Ayabe Station, go to the East around 10 minutes.
Tauesai Festival or Rice-planting festival – an annual event each time at many Shinto Shrine across Japan each time when the Spring comes. Tomorrow (June 10th) there will be a Tauesai Festival at Fushimi Inari Temple.
Within 100 meters square, the priests and worshipers In the Farmer Custom will plant real rice trees with the aim parying for abundant harvest this year.
Detail about this detail here: https://www.welcomekansai.com/event/taue-sai-festival
Source of video: Asahi Shinbun
Spring is marked as the season for planting in the rice field. One traditional event in Japan related to this is Otaue Matsuri (御田植祭) "rice field planting festival" with the aim praying for good harvest. And one of the most famous Otaue Matsuri is Otaue Shinji at Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka.
The event will be begin from 13:00 on June 14th, 2016
https://www.welcomekansai.com/event/otaue-shinji
On the west coast of Wakayama, there is a small island with a cave in the middle where you can enjoy the beauty of Sunset through it. Let's check it out what is this island in this video here
More sightseeing spots in Shirahama town:
https://www.welcomekansai.com/wak…/shirahama/shirahama-onsen
https://www.welcomekansai.com/…/shirahama-submarine-observa…
https://www.welcomekansai.com/…/s…/shirahama-rock-formations
We have just put the first step to June - the Rainy season in Japan. Many people will hesitate to go outside and sometime it is so annoying when always bring your umbrella.
But this season worth for you going out and enjoy the beauty of Ajisai Flower (Hydrangea) - the Princess of Rain.
This video show you the Night sence of Kyoto. Let's be with us enjoy this amazing beauty.
For 4K and HD quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPnWwn54xcM
The representative of Kyoto sweets are something like Parfait, Matcha, Cream puff, Anmitsu, etc. If you look at guide books, you seem to be lost when there are a lot of suggestions to try those sweets.
We notice that there is no best place to have Kyoto Sweets than Kiyomizu-dera Temple Area.
So in this time, we would like to introduce some restaurants where you can have Kyoto sweets while walking and visit around Kiyomizu-dera Temple
... See MoreA new tourist information board is installed at Kyoto Station. Now you can find suitable information on touch screen or ask directly to volunteer on screen.
More detail here: https://www.welcomekansai.com/…/tourist-information-electri…
