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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For ryokan recommendations/reservations, I suggest https://www.japaneseguesthouses.com/

Personally, I like the ones in the mountains best but I understand your reservations about switching hotels too many times.  If your Osaka hotel is not committed, you could go to an onsen ryokan there; some very nice options.

Tokyo Zoo is nice as is Yokohama Sea Paradise (http://www.seaparadise.co.jp/en/access/) if you want more aquariums than Disney Sea.  Depending on where you’re staying in Tokyo, this can either be a day or half day trip.

Other Tokyo things I like: Edo Tokyo Museum, Miyazaki Museum (go on a weekday or you won’t be able to get tickets), Asakusa Temple, Meiji Jingu.[/quote]

Should I stay in a Ryokan in Kyoto or Osaka, then? For some reason I felt like Kyoto was the way to go but do you suggest staying in Osaka and just taking a trip up to see sights in Kyoto? thanks![/quote]

I would suggest staying in the same hotel for Kyoto/Nara and maybe Osaka and staying just one night at Arima Onsen (near Kobe).  Or going into Osaka from Arima.  Reasoning is that you really only need one night for the onsen/ryokan experience (plan to eat dinner and breakfast there) but my favorite ryokan experiences are the ones with onsen and not in the city.  I love being able to enjoy outdoor baths while looking at the scenery, and really ryokan are best for chilling and just being for a bit but not very comfortable as a base for tourism if that makes sense?  You could also spend three nights in the same Kyoto hotel for seeing Kansai and take one of the Tokyo days to go to Hakone or Ise for a ryokan.[/quote]

This is a good tip. (OP here). So what if we went from Tokyo to Hakone for one night in a Ryokan, then to Osaka/Kyoto? If I did that, where would you recommend we stay in Osaka/Kyoto? Not a specific hotel - unless you have one - but in which city? [/quote]

Not hotel recs sorry — I used to live in Tokyo and mostly stayed with friends or in youth hostels or capsule hotels when I travelled to Kansai.  As for Osaka vs Kyoto, I would look into what you want to see in the region, tourism-wise, and choose a hotel that’s most convenient for most of that.  Nara is one of my favorite temples and there’s a folk craft museum in Kyoto that I adore but it really depends on what your family likes to do.  There are several excellent castles in the area the area that I would love to visit but have not because they were under construction last time I was in the area.  [/quote]

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