A day trip to Kyoto or Nara is recommended. Temples and shrines galore! Kyoto is filled to the brink with old Japanese culture to digest. Just walk about randomly and aimlessly and you will get your fill easily. Or get yourself to the Kinkaku-ji and Nijo Castle. In Nara it's the Todai-ji and its deer company you have to visit. I have never been to Osaka, so I can't really be of any help there, sorry.
I did eat chicken sashimi (toriwasa) in Kyoto also. I kid you not. It probably exists in a lot of cities though, but there was a chain of restaurants in Kyoto that served it. It might not be the tastiest thing ever, though it is pretty good, but it's worth eating just because.
Also, do not tip. They will come running after you when they realize you gave them too much money. It's just not something you do in Japan.
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