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01-14-2008, 06:23 PM

three years ago I visited both Osaka and Kyoto! They're amazing places to be, so I'm very happy for you, and a bit jealous myself xD

Oosaka:
an absolute have-to is Osaka-jo, the giant palace in Osaka:
http://community.iexplore.com/photos...saka-jo(1).jpg
It's huge and inside there's a very fun museum to explore, outside there are some beautiful gardens and parks if you feel like relaxing.

Also, somewhere in between Osaka and Kobe there is a place called Omeda, where there's a huge mall (has some of that anime goodness and of course the inevitable purikura) called the Omeda mall, you'll recognize it by it's giant red ferris wheel coming out of it. I beleive it's very close to the bullet train there:
http://www.city.osaka.jp/yutoritomid...s/town/hep.jpg
I remember visiting the shopping center a few times with my host family and having a blast. Don't forget to check out the smaller places!

Kyoto:
I stayed in a very welcoming, small ryoukan with my school group called the 'sunset ryoukan', but I can't find the link on the internet, and I think they went through some repairs or somthing, so they might be closed for the time being, sorry =/
But if you get the chance, dunno if you dig it, but I had the most fun in Kyoto exploring the many temples, shrines, and meditation areas about the streets, perhaps one of the most spiritual experiences I've ever gone through. Try to visit some, it's very fun. Also, there's this cool thing you can do where you but a small temple booklet and try to go to each temple to get each to sign it in this cool caligraphy they do. it costs some money, but it's a little game you can play with yourself and remember forever I did that and I still enjoy looking through the little book.
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