Osaka and Kyoto are not far apart and together they constitute a great opportunity of seeing one of Japan's largest and most modern cities, Osaka, and Japan's stronghold of history and culture, Kyoto. Osaka is Japan's second largest urbanised area after Tokyo-Yokohama and the metropolis offers everything you can possibly want from a modern big city. Next to the skyscrapers lie beautiful historic buildings as witnesses of the city's rich past, . the Osaka Castle, an example of true Japanese architecture
