Japan: Part 1 - Osaka & Nara
Trip Highlights
📅 March 2024
📍 Osaka & Nara, Japan
👨👩👧👦 Family of 6 (with Grandma & Uncle)
👦 Ethan: 3 years old | 👧 Zia: 1 year old
⭐ Highlights
Traveling with Grandma and Uncle
Good morning, Osaka!
Ethan discovers Japanese vending machines
Exploring Dotonbori
Visiting Osaka Castle
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Train ride from Osaka to Nara
Room with a view at Nara Visitor Center & Inn
Experiencing the Omizutori Buddhist ceremony
Coffee date with Zia
Feeding the deer at Nara Park
Visiting Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Enjoying fresh Nara strawberries
Walking through the South Gate to Tōdai-ji Temple
Exploring the Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji
Saying goodbye to Nara
Grandpa and Ethan at the airport
Ran into Kate at the airport
Hotel in Osaka to get over jet lag
Exploring the Namba neighborhood
Ethan already discovered Japanese vending machines
Osaka Castle with Sianita's mom and brother
Okonomiyaki stop in Dotonbori
More vending machines
Osaka Aquarium
Conveyor belt sushi in Osaka
Ramen in Nara
Staying at the Nara Visitor Center and Inn. One of our favorite hotels ever.
Zia trying strawberries in Nara
Kofuku-ji Gojunoto (Five Story Pagoda)
Katsu for dinner
Todai-ji at night
Morning coffee date with Zia (so everyone else can sleep)
Breakfast
In Nara, the deer roam free
Exploring Nara Park
On the way to Kasugataisha, a shinto shrine
Ethan at Kasugataisha shrine
Todai-ji Namdaimon (Grand South Gate)
Todaiji, Buddhist temple - UNESCO world heritage site
World's largest bronze statue of the Buddha
