Potential Free-Time Activities

Kyoto 

  • Visit the Kurama Hot Springs just outside of the city.
  • Take a day trip to Osaka and visit Space Station
  • Visit Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
  • Visit the Arashiyama Bamboo Groves
  • Take a day trip and visit the village of Ine no Funaya
  • Visit Wazuka Tea Plantation, a green tea plantation
  • Participate in a cooking class or tea ceremony
  • See the Fushimi Inari Shrine
  • Eat, shop and relax in Nishiki Market
  • Eat, shop and relax in Shijo Dori district
  • Climb to the top of Mt. Kurama and relax in the hot springs
  • Stroll by the Takase River
  • Hike from Kibune to Kurama
  • Wander Around Kyoto Botanical Gardens
  • Follow the Philosopher’s Walk,
  • Eat, shop and relax in Gion, a traditional entertainment district
  • Eat, shop and relax in the Pontocho District and Kawadoko at Kamogawa River, a modern entertainment district

Tokyo 

  • Browse Jimbocho Book Town
  • Wander around the old Japanese houses in Yanaka
  • Shop, eat and listen to music  in Shimokitazawa
  • Shop, eat and relax in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa
  • Shop , eat and relax at Shibuya Crossing
  • Visit the Imperial Palace
  • Visit the Tsukiji Fish Market
  • Shope, eat and relax in Yanesen
  • Watch a Kabuki Show
  • Relax in Todoroki Ravine Park 
  • Shop and eat in Golden Gai
  • Visit Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
  • Eat and relax in Izakaya Alley
  • Take a Japanese Cooking Class
  • Shop at Oedo Antique Market
  • Relax in Ueno Park
  • Visit the Cat Cafe MoCHA
  • Shop, eat and relax in Tokyo Station
  • Eat at the Robot Restaurant
  • Soak in an Onsen
  • Relax in Inokashira Park
  • Visit a Sumo Wrestling Stable
  • Shop, eat and relax in the entertainment districts of Harajuku, Akihabara or Roppongi
  • Shop, eat and relax in Omoide Yokocho in Shinjuku
  • Visit the cats of Gotoku-ji Temple, Setagaya



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