Kinki tourist information

Welcome to the Kinki Region!

Kinki, the location of ancient capitals Nara and Kyoto, welcomes you with Japan's most plentiful treasure house of historical spots. The Kinki Regional Branch holds regular meetings four times a year.We have 8 hosts in Otsu and Kusatsu and other hosts live around such areas as follows;

• 9 around Kyoto
• 33 around Osaka
• 6 around Nara
• 1 in Wakayama
• 11 around Kobe

BEST SPOTS in KYOTO

• Ponto-cho (downtown)
• Ryoan-ji (temple)
• Nijo-jo (castle)
• Kinkaku-ji (temple)
• Kiyomizu-dera (temple)
• Sanjusan-gen-do (temple)
• Fushimi Inari Taisha (shrine)
• San-nen-zaka and ninen-zaka slopes (street)

Kinkaku-ji temple	Kiyomizu-dera	5-story pagoda in the Kiyomizu-dera compound

BEST SPOTS in NARA

• Todai-ji (temple), the largest wooden structure in the world.
• National Museum
• Horyu-ji (temple)
• Yakushi-ji (temple)
• Toshodai-ji (temple)
• Kasuga Taisha (shrine)
  

Best spot in OSAKA

Osaka, the second largest city in Japan, has not only been the center of commerce but also that of gourmet.

• Osaka Castle Tenshukaku (Museum)
• Osaka Museum of History
• Doutonbori, downtown
  

Short trips are recommended to

• Himeji-jo (castle)
• Koyasan (holy mountain)
• Shirahama (hot spring)
• Kinosaki (hot spring)
• Himeji-jo (in Hyogo perefecture)

Himeji-jo (in Hyogo perefecture)	Douton-bori, downtown(in Osaka prefecture)

Links

• NARA PREFECTURE WEB SITE
  http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_e/index.html (English)
  http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_c2/index.html (Chinese)
  http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_k/index.html (Korean)
  
• HYOGO PREFECTURE WEB SITE (KOBE, HIMEJI, TAKARAZUKA Area Tourist Guide)
  http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/english/index.html (English)
  http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/korea/index.html (Korean)
  http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/china/index.html (Chinese)