Yupe, too bad Nabana no Sato ended earlier this year.    Thank you for the suggestions. Will consider those with my friend. 
You read me correct there. I'm into photography but I consider myself super amateur in it    Just hope to get ~20 good shots then I'm a happy man.    Why is it hard to get a good shot at the bamboo groove tho?

As for day 4, I thought maybe spending around 1 hour+ at Nishiki market before heading to Mt. Hiei. But then, it is food we are talking about. If cannot make it back for Kiyomizu Dera, then will shift it to day 7 before going to Nara. Day 7 (Nara) is plan to be a more chillax day playing with deers      Thank you for the tips in Arashiyama.   

Yupe, food is the priority in Osaka. It will be mostly a makan + shopping trip aside from the Osaka Castle and Umeda Sky Building. 

Time to google for Nagoya/Kyoto/Osaka food recommendations.

Yupe, too bad Nabana no Sato ended earlier this year.    Thank you for the suggestions. Will consider those with my friend. 

Time to google for Nagoya/Kyoto/Osaka food recommendations.

Hey man! It's been awhile! Happy to see some familiar names in this thread. How is it going? Any future trip to Japan?

Ain't much to do in Nagoya, those are the popular/ top places ady if you like cars, check out the Toyota Automobile Museum. Atsuta Jingu is also worth a visit, its bigger than Osu Kannon temple and there's a popular kishimen there.

Anyway for food, I'd recommend you try Nagoya's specialty - Misokatsu. Its chicken katsu but addon Nagoya's red miso sauce. It's not bad, I enjoyed it although a little salty.

Recommended place:

Yabaton Honten (the HQ/ main shop)
3-6-18 Osu, Nakaku, Nagoya 460-0011, Aichi Prefecture
Opening Hours: Daily 11:00-21:00
Cost: 1,000-2,000yen

Other Nagoya specialty: Tebasaki (fried chicken wing) & misonikomi udon. If you have the time, try them.

Fine, Long time no saw you here already.
I still same, 1 year going Japan 8 - 10 times

Yabaton are serving Pork as their specialty miso katsu.  90% of thier menu are pork. If I remember correctly, they no serving chicken.

Gosh you're right, its pork katsu. I kept thinking it's chicken because katsu.

want to ask...it is 100k yen is enough for 2 week trip to japan (osaka-kyoto-tokyo) minus accommodation & flight ticket??

piggy katsu the best 

Malaysia you can rarely get pork katsu, it's most chikin katsu

In fact, there's only 1 place that friend found, which serves tendon. Ahhhh Daikokuya tendon... my comfort food

Gosh you're right, its pork katsu. I kept thinking it's chicken because katsu.

lol shouldn't it be the other way around, "katsu" to me defaults to pork, not chicken

Actually, katsu means cutlet or way of cooking using panko (bread crumbs) and is deep fried. So to be honest, it has no default but of course, pork katsu is more common here in Japan than beef katsu or chicken katsu.

Hmm but any shop selling "かつ丼" or if in conversation with your colleagues or etc they ajak you makan かつ丼 isn't it automatically assumed to be pork?

Gosh you're right, its pork katsu. I kept thinking it's chicken because katsu.

nasizwan chinti RegentCid sacwoc Please try this so-called "michelin starred" cup noodle and let us know if legit or not 😬

http://goodyfeed.com/theres-one-michelin-s...n-bought-japan/

nasizwan chinti RegentCid sacwoc Please try this so-called "michelin starred" cup noodle and let us know if legit or not 😬

http://goodyfeed.com/theres-one-michelin-s...n-bought-japan/

so far i havent tasted any nice 1 yet even when they hv piggy katsu