japan
This is our dream list. The itinerary changes depending on group pace, weather and priorities.
Days 6-10
Saturday 17/1/26
Sunday 18/1/26
Monday 19/1/26
Tuesday 20/1/26
Wednesday 21/1/26
Day 6 Saturday 17 Jan
OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:13
1hr train Namba > Maiko
15 min bus, then 15min walk
Hompukuji Water Temple
★★★+
1991 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
10min walk, then 5min bus
¥500 cash only
30min bus Awaji > Maiko
1hr train Maiko > Namba
Namba Parks
★★
2007 - The Jerde Partnership
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Accommodation: Osaka
APA Hotel Namba Shinsaibashi
Map: Google
Day 7 Sunday 18 Jan
OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:15
Naniwa Gumi Headquarters
★
1964 - Togo Murano 村野 藤吾
Location
30min train Namba > Yaenosato Station
10 min walk
Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum
★★★+
2001 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
Note: ¥800 cash only
10 min walk
1hr train Yaenosato Station > Kobe-Sannomiya
10 min walk
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
★★★+
2014 - Takenaka Corporation
Wiki | Info | Location |
Note: ¥700
20 min Shinkasen from Shin-Kobe to Shin-Osaka
20 min Shin-Osaka > Namba
Accommodation: Osaka
APA Hotel Namba Shinsaibashi
Map: Google
Day 8 Monday 19 Jan
OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:15
Namba > Sanjo
Local Train
KYOTO
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:14
DROP OFF BAGS
30 min train Sanjo > Kokusaikaikan
Kyoto International Conference Center
★★★+
1966 - Sachio Otani 大谷 幸夫
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings 🎥
11:00am Booking
Note: Ticketed tour (paid as group ¥33,000)
Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto
★★★
1994 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: ¥100
House in Shimogamo
★★★
2021 - Tomohiro Hata 畑 友洋
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: Private house, exterior only
Time’s I+II
★★
1984, 1991 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
Accommodation: Kyoto
Hotel Resol Kyoto Kawaramachi Sanjo
Map: Google
Day 9 Tuesday 20 Jan
KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15
35min train from Sanjo > Uji (Keihan) OR
30 min train Fushimi-Inari (Keihan) > Uji (Keihan)
Uji Station
★★★+
1995 - Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 若林 広幸
Location | Reel
Byodo-in Museum
★★★+
2001 - Akira Kuryu 栗生 明
Info | Location
35min train Uji (Keihan) > Kyoto
Kyoto Station
★★
1997 - Hiroshi Hara 原 広司
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Ace Hotel Kyoto
★★
Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings
Kyūkyodō Kyoto
★★★+
2020 - Hiroshi Naito 内藤 廣
Wiki | Info | Location | Reel
Accommodation: Kyoto
Hotel Resol Kyoto Kawaramachi Sanjo
Map: Google
Day 10 Wednesday 21 Jan
KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15