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Asia, Day Trips, Fukuoka, Japan, Kanazawa, Kobe, Kurokawa, Kyoto, Mount Koya, Nara, Osaka, Selfish Years, Tokyo
Mr. Selfish and I arrived in Kyoto last night and are staying in an apartment here for a glorious 22 nights. After so much fast traveling through China and Korea, we were glad to unpack our bags, do some laundry, and buy some groceries to make home cooked meals.
We started our trip in Japan at Fukuoka for one night and then went to Kurokawa, which is an amazing onsen town, for two nights. After Kyoto, we’ll visit Kanazawa for a couple of nights and then Tokyo for two weeks.
We are currently planning day trips from Kyoto and are looking at the following:
1. Nara – the first permanent capital of Japan:
2. Osaka – the third largest city in Japan and a temporary capital of Japan:
3. Kobe – for the beef :
4. Mount Koya – the center of Shingon Buddhism and where you can stay overnight at a temple:
Please let us know if you have any recommendations for other day trips or even other places to visit in Japan!
The Selfish Years 
Can you share where you stayed? We’d like to stay in Kyoto for a while, too. 🙂
We are staying near the Gion area. It was quite difficult to find a place to stay short-term in Japan since most of the Japanese places require you to have a Japanese point of contact with a Japanese address and phone number. Instead, we went through the usual American sites – Airbnb, VRBO, and Flipkey. Good luck!
Nara’s fantastic, make sure the deer don’t bite your bum! 😀 While in Kyoto, maybe pop down to the Fushimi Inari shrine too?
I’d love to hike Mount Koya at some point, and do a templestay.
While it sounds cheesy, my blog actually does have a ton of stuff to do in Japan, especially the Kyoto area and its surroundings. I hope something there can be of use! (Being of use is what it’s for).
So jealous! You’re going to have an amazing time! 😀
Thanks! I’ll check our blog out. We actually just got back from the Inari shrine today. We went three years ago too. I love that place; it’s so magical.
It’s fantastic! Have you been to Ryoanji? I love it there! And Ginkakuji!
We went to Nara, and a deer bit my butt. They can get quite aggressive for those rice crackers!