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Have you ever heard about Koyasan? I knew this place when I was travelling in Japan. I think this place is worth to visit when you are planning to travelling around Osaka. Where is Koyasan? What's make this place become the World Heritage? Let's check it out! Welcome to Koya-san! Brief Introduction Koya-san--a Holy Mountain is home to an active monastic center founded twelve centuries ago by the priest Kukai (posthumously known as Kobo Daishi) for the study and practice of Esoteric Buddhism. This sacred mountain, enveloped in a mysterious atmosphere, it's located in south of Osaka in Wakayama Prefecture and relatively close to the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto (about three-hour trip from both cities). Koya-san itself is a modifying word for Kongobu-ji, there is no mountain officially called Koya-san in Japan. Eireiden Koya-san is located in an 800 m high valley amid the eight peaks of the mountain (which was the reason this location was selected,...

My first ever travel to Japan has been an amazing experience. I'm travelling SOLO, I can't speak Japanese fluently, but I still enjoy it! For my first travel, I choose Osaka. Why Osaka? Well, because my friends said that Osaka_and the cities near it_has a lot of historic related sites and fill with Japanese culture as well. Besides Osaka, I went to Nara, Kobe, Kyoto, and Koyasan. Those four city are in Kansai Area but in the different prefecture, and you can reach those city from Osaka around 1 hour, except for Koyasan that need approximately 2.5 hour to reach there. Osaka Osaka itself has a lot of place to visit, there is Osaka Castle, Tsutenkaku Tower, Shinsekai, Dotonburi, Kuromon Ichiba Market, Hozenji Temple, Umeda Sky Building, Temporizan Feris Wheel and there's still plenty of place you can visit. You can choose whether you like to shopping, culinary or only just for sightseeing. Osaka Castle Sinsekai and Tsutenkaku Tower Dotonbori Na...

Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan is located in Kobe , the city near Osaka . You can take train from Osaka for about an hour to reach Kobe . In my one day tour to Kobe , Kitano Ijinkan is the first place that I visit. So, What’s kind of place is it? Let’s check it out! Brief Introduction Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan is located in Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan . Kitano Ijinkan is a historical district which contains a number of foreign residences from the late Meiji and early Taisho eras, some still serving as residences, while the others opened to tourist. The amazing appearance of this unique historical construction will definitely enchanted you. Kitano Ijinkan is a place that can show you fully and lively about how the foreign culture was brought into Japan and how exactly it looked like at that time. One of the residence in Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan was established in 1867, following the opening of Kobe Port for for...

Osaka Castle, once you heard it you already know, that this is a castle in Osaka, and it's a must visit place when you travel to Osaka. In this post I will write a brief introduction about Osaka Castle itself and my opinion about this place. Brief History Osaka Castle Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle that located in Osaka. This castle construction started in 1583 on the former site of the Ishiyama Hoganji Temple, but was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga. Later Toyotomi Hideyoshi rebuilt Osaka Castle and want it to be the center of a new, unified Japan, that time Osaka Castle was the largest castle. However, a few years after Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa attacked and destroyed the castle in 1615. Osaka Castle was rebuilt by Tokugawa Hidetada in the 1620s, but its main castle tower was struck by lightening in 1665 and burnt down. In 1931 the reconstruction of the castle tower was built, and in 1997 it's been repaired and the castle now is entirely m...