Hirakatapark Guesthouse to Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe

There are supermarckets and convenience stores, so guest can buy any material for cooking also can buy almost any type of daily dish such as sashimi, tempura, and so on. Therefore guest can eat those at guesthouse. But if guest want to go out side and eat at outside, guest can go as followings. In Japan usually there are no 1st plate and 2nd plate and also no apetizer such as European meal, all meals served at once except at high class restaurant. However vegetables and meats are on 1 plate. Water and Japanese tea are free and request or take anothe cup anytime freely. Guest can select meals of "a la carte" or "set meal " according to menue-panphlet. Set meal consist of 1set of palte and 1 cup of rice (sometimes bread inctead of rice cup will be slected by guest) and those are surved at once. Usually drinks such as alcohls ,coffee, tea and juices are not includes in set menue. Japanese style set menue are called as "Tei-syoku (Tei means fixed and syoku means ...

[common area of view points of Kinki Area] Usually view points of Kinki Area where most tourists visit are witten in following webs. Japan guide "Kansai Region Travel Guide" https://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1105.html https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3950.html Keihan Railway Plan Your Trip (Kyoto Osaka Nara) https://www.keihan.co.jp/travel/en/places-to-visit/ https://www.keihan.co.jp/travel/en/plan-your-trip/ Hankyu Railway Recommended sight-seeing spots (Kyoto Kobe) http://www.hankyu.co.jp/global/en/sightseeing/model_course/index.html Kintetsu Railway Sight seeing spots (Osaka, Nara,Kyoto,Nagoya,Mie ) https://www.kintetsu.co.jp/foreign/english/sightseeing/index.html Nankai Railway (Osaka, Namba, Koyasan, Wakayama) https://www.howto-osaka.com/en/top.html [View points near Hirakata-koen supposed less people along Keihan -Railway] Iwashimizu-Hachiman shrine located on the Yahata-mountain (Yahata and Hachiman is composed by same china-letter, but pronunciasion is d...

Where to get discount tickets https://www.tourist-information-center.jp/kansai/en/kix/information/#s08 Where to get Keihan discount ticket https://www.keihan.co.jp/travel/en/tickets/special/kyoto-osaka Transportations of KinkiArea "arrangement of transportation of Kinki Area" Osaka area is center of Kinki area, Kyoto is 30km north-east and then go to Nagoya and Tokyo. Nara is 20km east and over mountains to east, there are citys of Mie and then Ise Bay. Kobe is about 30km west and then more 40km to famous Himeji castle. Then explain from Osaka area. there is a circle line of JR(Japan railway) at outside of Osaka City. And  many Metro line runs vertically and horizontaly in the circle. Vertical center line of the circle is M-line of Osaka metro. And "many terminal of JR and private railways" are on the center line. From top side Osaka-Station (Umeda station)(M16) which is also terminal of JR and Hankyu Railway(HK line to Kyoto and Kobe). Little bit dow...

"arrangement of transportation of Kinki Area" Osaka area is center of Kinki area, Kyoto is 30km north-east and then go to Nagoya and Tokyo. Nara is 20km east. Kobe is about 30km west and then more 40km to famous Himeji castle. Then explain from Osaka area.  there is a circle line of JR(Japan railway) at outside of Osaka City. And  many Metro line runs vertically and horizontaly in the circle. Center line of the circle is M-line of Osaka metro. And "many terminal of JR and private railways" are on the center line. From top side Osaka-Station (Umeda station)(M16) which is also terminal of JR and Hankyu Railway(HK line to Kyoto and Kobe). Lttle bit down side of the center line, Yodoyabashi (M17) which is a terminal(KH0) of Keihan Railway(KH line to Kyoto). At the center of the line is Namba station which is a terminal of Nankai railway(NK line to Kansai Airport and runs more to Wakayama city. From Wakayama city runs east to Koyasan) and Kintetsu railway(A li...