The Kansai Region Features

The Kansai Region Features

• Top Reasons to Go to The Kansai Region
  

  Architecture: Skyscrapers share Osaka's 1,500-year-old skyline with 4th-century burial mounds, while Nara's wealth of classical temples, pagodas... Read more

• Nara's Sacred Deer
  

  Of all the attractions in Nara, there is one that no visitor can miss. At some point, as you wander between temples, the city's sacred deer will... Read more

• Sake, the Japanese Drink
  

  Sake, or nihonshu, is the essential Japanese drink. Ranging in taste from fruity and bright to rich and mellow, there is a nihonshu for virtually... Read more

• Venice of the East
  

  When Tokyo was but a fishing village and Kyoto a mountain hamlet, big things were happening in Osaka. The Osaka-Nara region was the center of... Read more

• On the Menu
  

  Osakans are passionate about food. In fact, they coined the word kuidaore—to eat until you drop. They expect restaurants to use the freshest... Read more

• Try, Try, Try Again
  

  Toshodai-ji Temple was built in 751 for Ganjin, a Chinese priest who traveled to Japan at the invitation of Emperor Shomu. At that time, Japanese... Read more