This is the Kansai chapter from Lonely Planet's Japan guidebook.Kansai is the heart of Japan. Nowhere else in the country can you find so much of historical and cultural interest in such a compact area. Indeed, if you had to choose only one region of Japan to explore, Kansai would be the easy choice. gaze in awe at the Great Buddha at Nara's Todai-ji maps wander the mystical forest of Koya-san's Oku-no-in transport soak in the restorative waters of the three onsen of Hongu restaurants & accommodation Coverage includes: Osaka, Kobe, Himeji, Shiga Prefecture, Otsu, Ishiyama-dera, Miho Museum, Hikone, Nagahama, Nara & around, Yamato-Yagi & around, Asuka, Sakurai & around, Yoshino, Kii Peninsula, Koya-san, Tanabe, Shirahama, Kushimoto, Shiono-misaki, Kii-Oshima, Nachi, Kii-Katsura, Shingu, Hongu, Yunomine Onsen, Watarase Onsen, Kawa-yu Onsen, Ise, Northern Kansai, Moroyose, Takeno, Kinosaki, Tango Peninsula, Amanohashidate and Maizuru., ISBN: 9781742204147 Click the banner to get it at ONLY: USD4.95