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Kansai Beyond Kyoto

Osaka's street food, Nara's deer and temples, and the long day west to Hiroshima and Miyajima.

Updated 11 Oct

Kansai Beyond Kyoto

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1
Neon signs and the Glico runner above the Dotonbori canal at night
GuideOsaka
8 min
4.7 out of 5

Osaka Street Food: Eat Until You Drop

Osaka has a word for eating yourself into ruin. Here is how to do it properly, one skewer, one dumpling and one ball of molten octopus at a time.
2
Red-bannered takoyaki stalls with griddles and display cases in Osaka
RestaurantOsaka
4.0 out of 5

Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki: Osaka's Two Great Griddles

Octopus dumplings from a street window and savoury pancakes built at your table: a short, opinionated list of where to eat both in Osaka.
3
Two deer drinking from a stream under red maples in Nara Park
ActivityNara
4.5 out of 5

A Day in Nara with the Bowing Deer

Forty-five minutes from Osaka or Kyoto, Nara Park is home to more than a thousand free-roaming deer. Here is how to spend a gentle, crowd-dodging day among them.
4
The wooden Daibutsuden hall of Todai-ji in Nara under a summer sky
DestinationNara
3.0 out of 5

Nara, Japan's First Permanent Capital

Before Kyoto there was Nara. Its great temples, five-storey pagodas and quiet lanes reward an overnight stay rather than a rushed afternoon.
5
The ruined Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima behind a stone memorial
ArticleHiroshima
7 min
5.0 out of 5

Visiting Hiroshima's Peace Memorial

The Atomic Bomb Dome, the Peace Memorial Museum and a city that rebuilt itself around a message. Advice for visiting with care and leaving with something more than photographs.

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