5-Day 4-Night Special Forces Travel in Kansai, Japan: 'Nara, Kyoto Edition'

In fact, only a day and a half was left for Nara and Kyoto. The specific itinerary is as follows: Day 1: Osaka➡️Nara➡️Nara Park➡️Kasuga Taisha➡️Rurikoin➡️Gion➡️Hanami Lane➡️Yasaka Shrine Day 2: Kiyomizu Temple➡️Sannenzaka Ninenzaka➡️Fushimi Inari Taisha➡️Osaka 📍 Nara·Nara Prefecture: I only stayed in Nara for half a day, because besides feeding deer🦌, I didn't feel there was anything particularly attractive. After arriving at Nara Station, you can walk to Nara Park by going straight to the right, which is within ten minutes. You can see deer along the way, and there are vendors selling deer cakes every few steps for feeding, but I was really afraid of being bitten, so I just threw them on the ground to feed. 😂😂 Following Nara Park all the way up is Kasuga Taisha. I have relatively poor physical strength, so it was a bit hard to climb all the way up, but the beautiful scenery is still worth it. However, there are towering trees all the way up, so you can't really get sunburned, which is quite good. After reaching the top, I casually visited the shrine and then hurried down the mountain to the next spot, Rurikoin. 📍 Rurikoin I originally wanted to see the autumn leaves🍁, but the season hadn't arrived yet. Because it was a bit tiring to play in Nara, I had already given up the idea of going there. But then I thought, since I'm already in Japan, it wouldn't hurt to go. Plus, a friend told me before coming that I must go to make up for his previous regret of not being able to go, so I gritted my teeth and went. After arriving, I could only sigh, it was worth the trip, it was really beautiful. I will write a separate note in detail, it can be said to be one of the must-visit classics in Kansai. 📍 Gion, Hanami Lane, Geisha, Former Kyoto Flower Street Willow Lane, Yasaka Shrine These three attractions are all in one place, so you can arrange to visit them all at once. I arrived at Gion at about five in the afternoon. I didn't arrange to come in the morning because I was afraid it would be too hot, but coming in the evening also reveals its unique beauty. When I was searching for strategies before, I saw that you can encounter geishas in Gion, but what I encountered was full of tourists, haha. Gion and Hanami Lane are actually quite commercialized, basically they are rows of shops. If you have to make a comparison, I personally think it's quite similar to Lijiang Ancient Town. Even when I casually walked into a lane, my first impression was that it's so similar to Lijiang Ancient Town! It's just that people here speak Japanese. 🤭🤭 After wandering around Gion and Hanami Lane, I entered Yasaka Shrine. It was already dark by then, so the lights in the shrine were on. It's really good for taking pictures. After wandering around for about an hour, I left and returned to the hotel. 🎈There was an interlude here, when I was taking pictures in the shrine, I accidentally took a picture of a foreign couple in kimonos. I thought my picture wasn't too bad, so I plucked up the courage to tell them if they wanted me to send them the picture, but I was slapped in the face, they didn't want it. Haha 📍 Kiyomizu Temple, Sannenzaka Ninenzaka The next morning, I took a bus🚌 directly to Kiyomizu Temple and Sannenzaka Ninenzaka. In order to avoid the crowd, I even set an alarm to get up early, but when I got there, I found it was already crowded. 🤣 The reasonable tour route should be to go directly to Kiyomizu Temple and then down the slope to Sannenzaka Ninenzaka, so it won't be too tiring. However, I got the route wrong again and climbed up from the bottom of the slope. When I got to Kiyomizu Temple, I simply took a picture outside and then turned around and walked down, because I had visited several shrines in the past few days and they all seemed similar, so I didn't go into Kiyomizu Temple to climb up. Sannenzaka Ninenzaka is also mostly wooden ancient architectural style. If you search online, the basic check-in is those few positions, but fortunately, every angle is pretty good; in fact, this attraction has also become very commercialized, and there are shops everywhere, so just take a few pictures and stroll around! I spent about two hours in these two places, not too big. 📍 Fushimi Inari Taisha I feel this is a must-visit attraction for everyone who goes to Kyoto. It can be said that as long as you search for the word Kyoto, hundreds of red gate⛩️ pictures will definitely appear on the screen. But I have to say, this attraction is really good for taking pictures, but there are also a lot of people. I originally wanted to take a picture outside and leave, but there were too many people, so I still climbed a section of the road to avoid some of the crowd, took out my phone and quickly took a few pictures when there were fewer people. How to say about the city of Kyoto～Before I came, I didn't think I would like this kind of ancient city very much, but after I came, it became a must-visit city for my next trip to Japan. Maybe this is why so many people like Kyoto. Although there are no special memories, this city exudes an unforgettable charm.