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Only in Kansai

152 unique things to do. 466 in total

Cities inside Kansai

Kyoto163 things

Kobe93 things

Osaka90 things

Nara56 things

Himeji32 things

Uji32 things

152 unique things across 6 cities

Walk the oldest wooden buildings

Walk the oldest wooden buildings

The only one on Earth

Walk the oldest wooden buildings

Nara · Horyu-ji

The only one on Earth

Feed, and be bowed to by, a wild herd that is a national natural monument

Nara · Nara Park · Free

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

The only one on Earth

Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō

Nara · Nigatsu-do · Free · Seasonal

Make noodles where they began

Make noodles where they began

Make noodles where they began

The only one on Earth

Make noodles where they began

Osaka · Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda · Free

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

The only one on Earth

Walk past 1,001 Kannon

Kyoto · Sanjusangendo

Hear an android preach

Hear an android preach

Hear an android preach

Hear an android preach

Hear an android preach

The only one on Earth

Hear an android preach

Kyoto · Kodaiji Temple

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

The only one on Earth

Climb inside the Tower of the Sun

Osaka · Tower of the Sun

The only one on Earth

Sleep in Nintendo's original 1930 head office

Kyoto · Marufukuro

The only one on Earth

Stand in front of the only statue that can be proven to be Jōchō's work, inside the Phoenix Hall

Uji · Byōdō-in

The only one on Earth

Watch the stags' antlers sawn off in a ring, the way it has been done since the 1670s

Nara · Rokuen · Seasonal

Eat takoyaki without sauce at the shop that named it

The only one on Earth

Eat takoyaki without sauce at the shop that named it

Osaka · Aizuya

Order one zenzai and receive two bowls, then splash the moss-covered Fudō

Order one zenzai and receive two bowls, then splash the moss-covered Fudō

The only one on Earth

Order one zenzai and receive two bowls, then splash the moss-covered Fudō

Osaka · Meoto Zenzai

See bunraku in the city where it was born

See bunraku in the city where it was born

The only one on Earth

See bunraku in the city where it was born

Osaka · National Bunraku Theatre

The only one on Earth

See Emperor Shōmu's possessions in the Shōsōin's two-week window

Nara · Nara National Museum · Seasonal

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

The only one on Earth

Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi

Osaka · Sumiyoshi Taisha

Eat at the world's oldest sweet shop

The only one on Earth

Eat at the world's oldest sweet shop

Kyoto · Ichiwa

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

The only one on Earth

See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people

Osaka · Isshin-ji Temple · Free

Hear a horn summon wild deer

Hear a horn summon wild deer

Hear a horn summon wild deer

Hear a horn summon wild deer

Hear a horn summon wild deer

The only one on Earth

Hear a horn summon wild deer

Nara · Tobihino · Free · Seasonal

Play at the Nintendo Museum

Play at the Nintendo Museum

The only one on Earth

Play at the Nintendo Museum

Uji · Nintendo Museum

Stand in a giant fire character

The only one on Earth

Stand in a giant fire character

Kyoto · Mount Daimonji · Free

The only one on Earth

Eat fried maple leaves on the waterfall path at Minoh

Osaka · Hisakuni Kosendo

Sit in the last Lockheed monorail

Sit in the last Lockheed monorail

Sit in the last Lockheed monorail

Sit in the last Lockheed monorail

The only one on Earth

Sit in the last Lockheed monorail

Himeji · Tegarayama Kōryū Station · Free

Swing the longest monkey bars

Swing the longest monkey bars

Swing the longest monkey bars

Swing the longest monkey bars

The only one on Earth

Swing the longest monkey bars

Kobe · Sunshine Wharf Kobe · Free

The only one on Earth

See Osaka's own ukiyo-e, the actor prints Edo never made

Osaka · Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum

The only one on Earth

Watch bean paste being made, then go round the world's first azuki museum

Himeji · Gozasoro Azuki Museum

Eat gyōza at the very first Gyōza no Ōshō, Shijō-Ōmiya

Eat gyōza at the very first Gyōza no Ōshō, Shijō-Ōmiya

Eat gyōza at the very first Gyōza no Ōshō, Shijō-Ōmiya

The only one on Earth

Eat gyōza at the very first Gyōza no Ōshō, Shijō-Ōmiya

Kyoto · Gyoza no Ohsho Shijo Omiya

The only one on Earth

Order kitsune udon where the fried tofu first went in

Osaka · Usamitei Matsubaya

The only one on Earth

Spend an afternoon at the yose built for Kamigata rakugo

Osaka · Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei

The only one on Earth

Order fire ramen at the counter where it was invented

Kyoto · Menbaka Fire Ramen

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

The only one in Japan

Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks

Himeji · Himeji Castle

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

The only one in Japan

Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel

Osaka · Ajigawa River Tunnel · Free

Eat ekisoba standing on the platform where it was invented

Eat ekisoba standing on the platform where it was invented

Eat ekisoba standing on the platform where it was invented

The only one in Japan

Eat ekisoba standing on the platform where it was invented

Himeji · Maneki no Ekisoba, JR Himeji Station platform stand

Walk into Japan's first mosque, free

The only one in Japan

Walk into Japan's first mosque, free

Kobe · Kobe Muslim Mosque · Free

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

The only one in Japan

Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136

Nara · Kasugataisha Shrine · Free · Seasonal

Handle the tools in Japan's only museum of carpentry tools

Handle the tools in Japan's only museum of carpentry tools

Handle the tools in Japan's only museum of carpentry tools

Handle the tools in Japan's only museum of carpentry tools

The only one in Japan

Handle the tools in Japan's only museum of carpentry tools

Kobe · Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

The only one in Japan

Ride Japan's last carlator, a conveyor belt up a mountain

Kobe · Sumaura Sanjo Amusement Park

The only one in Japan

Enter the national goldfish-scooping championship in the goldfish town

Nara · Yamatokoriyama City Sports Park · Free · Seasonal

The only one in Japan

Step into Japan's oldest surviving farmhouse, on weekends only

Kobe · Hakogi House

The only one in Japan

Walk a Meiji prison corridor at the only intact one of the Five Great Prisons

Nara · Nara Prison Museum

Watch Japan's oldest working planetarium projector, on the line that sets Japan's clocks

The only one in Japan

Watch Japan's oldest working planetarium projector, on the line that sets Japan's clocks

Kobe · Akashi Municipal Planetarium

Circle Japan's largest keyhole tomb, then see it from the city hall roof

Circle Japan's largest keyhole tomb, then see it from the city hall roof

Circle Japan's largest keyhole tomb, then see it from the city hall roof

The only one in Japan

Circle Japan's largest keyhole tomb, then see it from the city hall roof

Osaka · Daisen Kofun · Free

Visit the oldest standing shrine building in Japan

Visit the oldest standing shrine building in Japan

The only one in Japan

Visit the oldest standing shrine building in Japan

Uji · Ujikami Shrine · Free

Tour a working incinerator that Hundertwasser designed, free

Tour a working incinerator that Hundertwasser designed, free

Tour a working incinerator that Hundertwasser designed, free

The only one in Japan

Tour a working incinerator that Hundertwasser designed, free

Osaka · Maishima Incineration Plant · Free

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

The only one in Japan

Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year

Osaka · Japan Mint · Free · Seasonal

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

The only one in Japan

Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers

Osaka · Ebisucho Station

The only one in Japan

Eat doroyaki at the Himeji shop that invented it

Himeji · Nanpū Himeji Honten

The only one in Japan

Make a leather piece in the district that tans most of Japan's cowhide

Himeji · Pelletteria

The only one in Japan

Walk from the bullet-train station to a sacred waterfall and Japan's first concrete gravity dam

Kobe · Gohonmatsu Dam · Free

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