Updated: January 16, 2020 (added: new eateries & sim card tip)
Updated: September 18, 2017 (added: “list of other places we’ve been”)
Updated: July 18, 2017 (added: more “things to do” and “places to eat”)

THINGS TO DO AND EAT IN KANSAI REGION:

I originally had most of these tips and eateries in the “Japan Guide” but I decided to separate the two regions we visited (Kantō and Kansai).

Continue reading and scroll down to the bottom of this post, to find the link to the Tokyo Guide. Or you can go to the “Destinations” tab above.

Here’s a few helpful tips and the places we went to in Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe & Himeji:
(I will add more to this list periodically)