Umeda Sky Building - Floating Garden Observatory Osaka

Even hotter today.

Decided to show our willies to the men of Osaka this morning at the Naniwa no Yu hot spring (free with pass).

Have trouble again finding it, amazingly the 'hot spring' is actually on top of a Pichenko Hall! Then we walk into the entry with shoes on. Arghhhhh. We'd come prepared with some large bandaids to cover …

I love Osaka but we didn't have a lot of time on this trip to really soak in the atmosphere, I was determined to show Chops as much as I could with one day of sight seeing! Amazingly we weren't too hungover after our partying but we just had to stop for another delicious bowl of ramen. One tip just has to be shared which is this Aquarium day pass …

Cheap Air Asia flights and the launch of Japan's budget airline Peach...gave me a last minute inspiration to book a trip to experience the Lavender Summer in Hokkaido with a quick stop-over in Osaka.

Flight into Osaka US400 plus US300 for the domestic flight from Osaka into Sapporo. The flight from KL to Osaka took 6 hours - longest I ever …

Wednesday 26^th – Friday 28^th September 2012

Having slept in, we decided to give the tour run by the hostel a miss and headed to the port area of the city to go to the aquarium. For all that the people went on about it being one of the biggest in Japan; honestly we weren't overly impressed as it was actually …

We arrive at Osaka Station after the overnight bus. It's 5.15am and the station is open for business, with quite a few commuters already on their journey. We get our bearings and get a train to Momodani Station just next to our home for the next few days - Bonsai Guesthouse. It's dark and no staff are around to let us in. Their 'useful' sign reads …

... rest of Osaka was destroyed by carpet bombing. As the sun was setting we paid a visit to the awe-inspiring Umeda Sky Building. At 173 meters, the twin towers are not quite Japan’s tallest structures, but the floating garden observatory (we ...

... half an hour in the wrong direction, twice, I gave up and got back on the train to Osaka. In Osaka I decided to go up the Umeda Sky Building, which has a floating observatory at the top, perched across the top of 2 tall buildings. I'm not afraid of ...

... going over your head, under your feet, big flashy buildings and side streets with lots of eateries. Went to the Umeda Sky Building when we arrived, to catch the sunset. The building consists of two towers connected by an observation deck with ...

... Belgium, Germany, Austria, Sri Lanka, India, and Palestine! It was a really fun festival, held underneath the Umeda Sky Building - a huge sky scraper building with an observation deck on top where you can look out over the entire city of Osaka. They had ...

... and covered shopping arcade in Japan at approx. 2.6km in length. We visited Osaka Temmangu Shrine and then we headed straight to Umeda Sky building. Once we finally found the way there (Umeda station is a maze) we sat on the bench under this building and ...

... and cat fish...(its not a cat ! and we didnt like it!!!) after a great 2.5 hr watching sea life we headed to umeda sky building...its amazing how the japanese are polite! we were lost so we ask someonefor directions...he lead us to the building for 10 ...

... and I'm pleased to say there were no April fools to be seen. We met up at the top of the tallest building in Osaka, the Umeda Sky Building, that morning and the group consisted of Yumi, Ely and myself as well as Kevin and his two university friends who ...

... and apparently the main business area.  We looked at some of the fancy hotels and a couple of shops, then went to the Umeda Sky building, which is the most distinct and highest building in Osaka.  We didn't feel the need to go to the top, but ...

... , there wouldn't be much reason to stop off in the area, but the post-modernist architectural gem of the Umeda Sky Building was beckoning me personally for a visit. While the futuristic stylings of the building exterior itself were reason enough for me ...

... to Kobe, our next stop on the road, but before we did so we wanted to go to the top of the Umeda Sky Building. This is the tallest building in Osaka at around 250 metres  -which probably doesnt sound that high but it certainly was when you got to ...