Nara Adventure: Explore Todaiji Temple & Kuroshio Market via Auspicious Osaka Bus Tour

Immerse yourself in Japanese history and culture on an Auspicious Osaka Bus Tour that takes you to Wakayama Castle, Kuroshio Market, Nara’s sika deer, and Todaiji Temple.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wakayama Castle - Wakayama Castle is a historical castle located in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Originally built in 1585 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the castle was later expanded and fortified by Tokugawa Hidetada in the early 17th century.
    The castle was an important stronghold during the Sengoku period and was a key location during the…
What's Included
  • Professional English/Chinese-speaking guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Other personal consumption
  • Admission to Wakayama Castle (Adult: JPY 410 Child: JPY200)
  • Admission: The Great Buddha Hall, Hokke-do, Kaidan-do, Senju-do, Todai-ji Museum (JPY 600 /JPY 300)
Additional Information

Dive into the rich history and culture of Japan at Wakayama Castle, a stunning landmark with a storied past. Savor freshly caught seafood and enjoy the thrilling tuna filleting show at Kuroshio Market. Be sure to interact with the charming sika deer in Nara and explore the majestic Todaiji Temple, a revered World Cultural Heritage site. Embark on this…

Location
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Hilton Plaza West Shopping Mall - Exit 4B 〒530-0001 大阪府大阪市北区梅田2丁目2 ウエスト
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ram_a
Apr 14, 2025
A great memorable trip to Nara, Todaiji Temple & Kuroshio Market - It was a nice comfortable trip to Nara. The guide was helpful and explained the sights and the history. Enjoyed the day trip.
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404tonyap
Dec 15, 2024
Highly recommend - Our guide was amazing. Fun day! We even forgot a wallet at the Hot Springs and she went out of her way to find it two days later and ship it back to us in the US.
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Mercedes_s
Aug 3, 2024
Great Day Trip - It was a great tour and the tour guide, Chan was fantastic. He was very nice, funny, helpful and professional. If anything, I would do 15 minutes less at the market and add the time to the temple and deers. The end was rushed a bit. But we did a lot in a full day.
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Kelvin
Nov 8, 2023
A great day trip to both Wakayama and Nara - The tour covers both the the Wakayama and Nara in a dedicated tour coach, it was great to see the countryside from Osaka city. It's not possible to make it by catching public transport.
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James_t
Nov 3, 2023
Great trip - Great stops and fully complete tour with perfect amount of time at each stop. Guide was informative and thorough
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Bethinvt
Oct 24, 2024
A fun outing to cover a lot of ground and see new places! - Had a great time on this tour. Loved seeing and feeding the deer at the temple (though I wish we had had a little more time there) and the castle was very cool. The market was unusual (the sashimi show actually freaked me out a little, lol) but was a lovely quiet place by the water for lunch. Loved how the car travel allowed me to see other aspects of Japan than just city life.
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Clintonz
Apr 1, 2024
Not worth the money. - Wasn’t super impressed with this tour, the price included nothing. No attraction fees, no lunch. Bring cash! Since most all the vendors we encountered only took cash. Also all the temple fees just took cash. The tour guide spoke very broken English and you could make out only every other word. Still did an okay job, better than if I had to speak Japanese. I wish he would have told us more information about what we were passing, history, little tidbits that you can only learn from a guide since that is what you are paying for. This trip was payment just to have a driver. You could have done ALL of this stuff yourself and had WAY more time at each attraction - since you don’t have hardly enough time at each thing you see.
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Nimesh_g
Jan 1, 2025
Very badly organised tour - Very badly organised tour. Guide could barely speak English. Didn’t give us any commentary on the places we visited. Wakayagama castle was closed and we were not informed when we booked the tour. Our money should be refunded.
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Reshma
Nov 4, 2023
Do Not Waste Your Money - DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY THIS IS NOT A GUIDED TOUR JUST A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. If this tour could have been given -100 I would have given it that. We booked an English speaking tour but were put on a tour aimed at Chinese speaking so when guide gave any information regarding history or directions- it would 20mins in Chinese and 2mins in English . The guides English wasn’t even basic so most of the time for directions we had rely on being close to one of the other tour member or them giving us instructions in English! Before even starting the tour I inquired as to the language and was reassured that it was bilingual and be won’t have an issue. The tour it self only gives an 1 hr at Nara and Tenoji temple and 2 hrs at market where u need at most 30mins! Have done many tour through TripAdvisor and I am highly disappointed that they offer this tour and refuse to refund us for the tour. To summarize plenty of other tour providers and websites offering this tour so to avoid disappointment use one of them.
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Innabtr17
Sep 24, 2023
Do not do it! - Waste of time and money. Out of 10 hours day, 5.5-6 hours was spent on the bus. First stop, Wakayma, 25 min tops. Didn’t have time to go inside, but spend 2.5 hours riding there! 30-40 minutes ride to the market. We were given 2.40 minutes to be there, when all you need about 1.30 max! Then 1.5 hours to Nara. Arrived to Nara at 4:45, shops were closing at 5 pm. We were given only 45 minutes there! No time to go in or around the castle. Then an hour going back to Osaka. Despite the fact that we paid for English language tour, it was mostly in Chinese. Our guides were two college kids, who were extremely sweet but didn’t know anything about history of places we went to. A colossal waste of our time!
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From $99
up to 4 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).