The Kansai area is really an overlooked gem. I’ve lived here for a decade and I still have not seen all that the area has to offer. Just recently, I took advantage of a drop in COVID cases to go see Hikone Castle and Wakayama Castle for the first time, but the list of things to see just goes on and on. And everything is within about an hour’s train ride, too. You can even go to Hiroshima in an hour by bullet train.
I can see why people from overseas would want to go and experience Tokyo, but Kansai keeps people coming back.
