One-week Japan Itinerary for repeat visitors (5)

(Osaka, Ishikawa, Fukui Prefectures)

To foreign travelers who have already been to Japan many times and would like to visit more places in Japan!

We have created model routes outside the so-called "Golden Routes" such as Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, and Osaka. Please use it as a reference for your future itineraries.

The fifth route is a tour of Osaka, Ishikawa, and Fukui Prefectures. We have created a travel route that starts and ends at Kansai International Airport, takes 6 nights and 7 days, and has a budget of Yen 200,000 or less. Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures are close to Osaka Prefecture, so we included sightseeing in Osaka on the days we used Kansai International Airport.

This itinerary includes two national treasure buildings, one of the 12 existing castle towers (Maruoka Castle), two national preservation districts for groups of traditional buildings, five art galleries and museums, one facility for experiencing traditional Japanese culture, and three Japanese gardens, allowing visitors to fully enjoy Japan's proud culture and scenery.

 

Table of Contents

Day 1 (Osaka)

Day 2 (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

Day 3 (Kaga City and Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

Day 4 (Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture; Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture)

Day 5 (Sakai City, Eiheiji Town, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture)

Day 6 (Katsuyama City, Sabae City, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture)

Day 7 (Osaka)

 

 

 

 

Day 1 (Osaka)

 

1, Kansai International Airport

 

2, Jigenin (National Treasure)

 

3, Kanazawa Station

 

Recommended meal on Day 1

Kasu udon (Deep-fried beef offal udon)

 

Takoyaki

 

Jibu-ni

 

 

 

 

Day 2 (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

 

1, Seisonkaku (National Important Cultural Property, National Scenic Beauty)

 

2, Kenrokuen Garden (National Special Place of Scenic Beauty)

 

3, Kanazawa Castle Park (National Important Cultural Property)

 

4, Ozaki Shrine (National Important Cultural Property)

 

5, Oyama Shrine (National Important Cultural Property)

 

6, Nagamachi District

 

7, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

 

8, Kazue-machi Chaya-gai (national preservation districts for groups of traditional buildings)

 

Recommended meal on Day 2

KABURA SUSHI (yellowtail sushi)

 

Kanou crab (Snow crab)

 

Cod milt

 

 

 

Day 3 (Kaga City and Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

 

1, Kaga Hashidate (national preservation districts for groups of traditional buildings)

 

2, The Kutani porcelain Art Museum

 

3, Natadera Temple (National Important Cultural Property)

 

4, Traditional Handicrafts Village Yunokuni no Mori

 

Recommended meals on Day 3

Hanton Rice (Butter rice topped with a soft thin omelette and fried white fish)

 

Kanazawa Curry

 

Sushi

 

 

 

Day 4 (Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture; Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture)

 

1, Komatsu no Mori

 

2, Komatsu Tenmangu Shrine (National Important Cultural Property)

 

3、Tojinbo (National natural monument, scenic spot)

 

4, Fukui Station

 

Recommended meals on Day 4

Salt yakisoba

 

Grilled mackerel

 

Echizen soba

 

 

 

Day 5 (Sakai City, Eiheiji Town, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture)

 

1, Maruoka Castle (National Important Cultural Property)

 

2, Eiheiji Temple (National Important Cultural Property)

 

3, Ichijodani Asakura Family Ruins (National Special Historic Site, National Special Place of Scenic Beauty)

 

4, Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum

 

Recommended meal on Day 5

Mackerel Heshiko (Mackerel pickled in rice bran)

 

Soba with grated radish

 

Echizen crab (Snow crab)

 

 

 

Day 6 (Katsuyama City, Sabae City, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture)

 

1, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

 

2, Megane Museum

 

3, Yokokan Garden (National Scenic Beauty)

 

Recommended meals on Day 6

Abura-age (deep-fried bean curd)

 

Volga rice (Omelette rice topped with pork cutlet and sauce)

 

Sauced pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

 

 

 

Day 7 (Osaka)

 

1, Tsutenkaku Tower

 

2, Shitennoji Temple (National Important Cultural Property)

 

3, Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine (National Treasure)

 

Recommended Meals on Day 7

Steamed Odamaki

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Web site

 

Dote-yaki (beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin)

 

Hamo nabe (daggertooth pike conger hot pot)