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Konichiwa from Osaka, Japan.
Apr 5, 2008
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"Ben reporting: Japan fulfils all of the opposing clichés the West associates with it: The people are quiet, reserved and ritualistic, there's an indecipherable craziness to Japan a ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
benleah
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Oh It's Raining Again
Sep 6, 2007
"So today I ventured into Osaka for the first time. Andy was off work so went with him and his girlfriend. Osaka is cool but it's not as nice a city as the others I have visit ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
chrisuk07
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It's a blessing to be.......
Jul 20, 2005
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" We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment - Hilaire Belloc A Quick One So, we left Nara and made our way back to Kyoto for the bullet train to Kobe. We had a brief ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
byrnedm
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setting up a home base
Jul 4, 2007
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"I ended up staying at a rather cheap place in Osaka (well, cheap for Japan) and stuck around for about six nights. Because I had a rail pass I used Osaka as a home base and w ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jay29
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Parking garages and orderly light shows
Dec 10, 2006
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"Our Osaka video can be found in the Contents page (entry #1). To see which videos are available, click on 'more thumbnails' towards the top of the entry. Here are some ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jambo
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One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish!
Apr 3, 2006
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"Having stayed here for a few nights now I figured it was about time I explored Osaka itself a little so on a recommendation from a couple of Canadians staying at the hotel I set of ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
alasdairm
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The dark side of Sumo
Apr 30, 2008
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"In March, Lily and I organized another Wakayama JET event and a group of about 30 of us went to watch the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. Sumo in Japanese is pronounced 'smo' ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
kateinjapan
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Shinkansen it up!
May 10, 2006
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"Recovering from a bit of a night on the turps, I slept in until about midday. I'm pretty sure that Shiho and Yoshi woke me up to say farewell on their way to work, but at that stag ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
kiemce
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The Whale Shark of Destiny
Jun 20, 2004
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"We arrived in the Land of the Rising Sun again stung by the ridiculous excess baggage charges I honestly think she should have been wearing a balaclava behind the counter. So we en ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
fiandrob
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Hajimimashte!
Oct 27, 2002
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"For 18 months Tracey and I taught English in Japan. I taught those little kiddies how to say shut-up better than any other teacher they have ever had, noisy little rascals. Working ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
itsem
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Escape From Osaka
Apr 19, 2004
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"Every weekday dozens of foreigners here fly to Japan to get working visas at the consulate in Osaka. It's a routine procedure; not terribly well organized--one guy didn't have prop ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
darkstar
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Starting out - Goodbye Osaka! Goodbye Japan!
Apr 22, 2005
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"Well, I've packed my bag and sold or thrown out almost all of my belongings. I mailed a few things to my friend in Germany that I can't carry with me but still wanted to keep ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
descoth
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A day in Kyoto
Apr 13, 2006
"At 9 we got up, and got ready. It was 2 months today since we left. The grotty showers beckoned. I was not particularly looking forward to it. They weren't quite as bad as I imagin ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
ashermj
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Arrived safely in Japan
Apr 5, 2006
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"We arrived safely in Japan, at the Kansai airport, near Osaka, on Tuesday (~3:30 pm). The effects of jet lag have been mostly limited to waking up in the middle of the night, ready ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
gojoadventures
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Happy New Year!
Jan 1, 2006
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"Happy New Year everyone! So I hope that all of you had a great night out last night and that the hangovers aren't too bad this morning. Here In Japan New Year's Day is the most imp ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
andyh79x
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Kyoto/Nara/Osaka
Jun 7, 2007
"Wow. Ive done a lot. I promise to update soon. In the meantime, check Pias out. ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
vintagejoel
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Sweet Osaka
Jul 14, 2007
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"Day 6- Sweet Osaka! Our commute to Osaka would be less than ideal. Our bags seem to have doubled in weight and it was raining. Many of the train stations do not ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
philnshell
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Kansai Airport
May 9, 2008
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"We are at Kansai airport!!! It is 6:42 Japan time and we are feeling very touristy. We are now waiting for our connecting plane to Fukuoka. The Kansai airport is really cool becaus ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
sbowling99
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Time for a stop!!
Jul 11, 2005
"Flight was long, made a new friend on the plane. I love bathrooms at the Kansai Airport in Japan and the ENGRISH! ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
lindastravel
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The first three days or What the #*%@$?
Oct 16, 2002
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"The first day: Arrival - Finally arrived, tired as hell because of the time difference, but staying up the entire flight should help in adjusting to the time difference. It's wild ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
trent
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Start of the Journey
Oct 1, 2005
"So, this was the first leg of our mammoth tour home. After only an hour or so in the sky we landed at the other side of Japan at Kansai Aiport. Ready for our flight to Dubai. I mus ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
japanesewhisper
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Osaka day 1
Oct 10, 2006
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"We arrived in Ikeda City, Osaka prefecture on Sunday afternoon. Some members of the Board of Education and community came to receive us. That evening my friend Takae Izumi and her ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
swinnett
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Yumi!
Apr 1, 2007
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"Nick - For those of you that don't know I have a Japanese friend who I've written to on a bi-monthly basis for nearly a decade and met up with in Britain on a couple of occasions. ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
nwillz
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la tana di jabba
Jul 14, 2008
"questa mattina mi sono svegliata con l'impressione che il ruscello stesse rumoreggiando un po' troppo rispetto a ieri sera... e infatti stava venendo giu' il diluvio universale. D' ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
cavallette
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Sayonara, Japan!
Sep 10, 2006
"We didn't have to leave for the airport until 2:00 this afternoon, so we got a late start. We were originally talking about perhaps visiting one more temple, but it was pouring dow ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
hlgunst
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Land of the Rising Sun
Aug 9, 2006
(17 photos)
"First Pit Stop: OSAKA, JAPAN (Country Name in Local Language: Nihon) Local Time: 3PM, Wed US Central Daylight Saving Time: 1AM, Wed With the first sight of Japan's mountainous silh ..."
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globetrekker
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Arigato Gozaymas
Nov 3, 2007
"Japan was Sean's idea. I had very little interest in going there, as I thought it was going to be very expensive and hard to navigate. I was mistaken. It was definitely a lovely su ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
yorron
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Amerika-mura
Jun 12, 2001
"The irony of walking out Sanjusangendo and boarding a high-tech shinkansen train bound for Osaka was not lost on me. That experience seems a microcosm of what the experience of Jap ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
battlemonkey
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Fish
Feb 10, 2003
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"I decided to take a day trip to Osaka with a population of 2.5 million people. It is again a very modern city more like Tokyo than Kyoto. It was pretty much bombed to oblivion duri ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jag
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Kansai Region - Osaka
Nov 4, 2006
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"On Saturday we went to Osaka, another very large city in Japan and one of the largest cities in the world as well. We started the day at Osakajo, which is a huge castle. The Chrysa ..."
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mmdillho
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Osaka +Castle
Oct 5, 2007
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"So I made it to Osaka. Today, together with a million school children, I saw the Osaka castle, I have never heard so many mangled hello and goodbyes, I guess they don't see many fo ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
asn75
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Spaworld day
Jun 12, 2008
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"On leaving Nara, we headed to the city of Osaka, which is very close to Nara, maybe only 40 minutes by local train. We had discovered the previous night that Osaka contained the wo ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jon-daniella
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Osaka is all about the food
Apr 5, 2007
"4/5/2007 Arrive Osaka We had a hearty breakfast, in preparation for who knows what we might find. Getting off the ship is always a hassle, unless, I guess, you've hired a car to me ..."
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voyager-sue
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Fireworks near Osaka
Aug 5, 2006
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"A group of us went to see the fireworks in Osaka the first weekend that we arrive in Kobe. We can actually get to Osaka from Kobe city faster than we can get from our suburb train ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
brianneinjapan
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Osaka
Jul 22, 2006
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"still to do ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
gerhard
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Osaka for the night
Oct 8, 2006
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"Got the Shinkansen bullet train to Kyoto on Sunday - great train loads of comfort and got us to Kyoto in two and half hours. But best of all we got to see Mount Fuji!!!! She is gre ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
paulandlin
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The Best Okonomiyaki
Dec 11, 2005
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"Osaka is the second biggest city in Japan and akin to younger brothers always trying to differentiate from their older brother, Osaka tries to differentiate from Tokyo. One amusing ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jjwong
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NICK: This is what I came here for...
Mar 26, 2006
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"(this one's long) I went and saw my obaa-chan (grandmother) today in the hospital. That was a sober experience, since she's incapable of walking, is partially deaf, and has both Al ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
niknash
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Psycho Dye Job in Sanda City
Jun 2, 2008
"I should have known that this would not be an ordinary trip to Japan when the lady in the vegetable store called me "Psycho". It kind of took me by surprise but, heh, in Japan, you ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
marybc
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Universal Attraction
Feb 12, 2008
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"The day of Steve and my departure from Sapporo was not all travel. We enjoyed a leisurely Comfort Hotel breakfast before checking out just shy of the 10am deadline. Our bags were s ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
v1213
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Going Japanese
Mar 15, 2008
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"Arrived in Japan safely. Well, we had a bit of trouble at the airport in Cairns before we left....basically we ended up booking a flight back to Oz or else they wouldn`t let us che ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
orlao0
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Shopping in Osaka
Nov 25, 2005
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"And hello to you too. At the moment I am sacrificing my Asian Business Practice class to write emails and my travelogue, so I expect that everyone greatly appreciates my huge sacri ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
myrri
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Sumo wrestling...
Mar 22, 2007
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"After leaving Yumi`s, I spent two nights in Nagoya, a city that doesn`t feature on many people`s itineraries. I`d been led to believe that it was a pretty non-descript place, but I ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
rich
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On my way home
Aug 20, 2005
"Hi Everybody, I am on my way home!!! I am in Osaka airport and have freshly stepped out of the shower of 1,000 nozzles so am ready for the next leg. Only about 18 hours to go till ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
tori
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Travel to Sydney via Singapore and Osaka
Oct 21, 2006
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"We will be traveling to Sydney via Singapore. There is a four hour stop-over in Singapore and we have heard rumnours that there are free massages and free movies for waiting passen ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
lweinreich
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Alone in Kyoto (part1)
Jan 17, 2005
"Alone in Kyoto - part 1 As is required for any change of schools in Korea, I needed to leave the country to process this year's work visa. As a matter of good timing this coincided ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
tobiah
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Osaka, Amagasaki, and Kyoto
Oct 24, 2005
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"Day 4: We got up bright and early again (gotta love that jeglag) and got onto the bullet-train (Shinkansen) and headed for Osaka. Man, that train is fast! We passed by Mt. Fuji, wh ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jasonandjanell
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Just Beginning...
Jul 3, 2007
"This is my test entry for the travellogue. I think that you have to sign up to view my stuff, but this will allow you to leave comments for me and communicate through this service. ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
chaos242
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Waiting For The Dawn
May 18, 2008
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"With my dormmates still tucked up in bed after a late night out, I head out and down to the Star Ferry terminal again. Across to Hong Kong island and straight inland. The mood of t ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
bastin79
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Kampai!
Oct 30, 2006
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"A pair of very sleepy people stumbled off the plane and went throught the usual baggage and immigration routine. We were called into a seperate room at customs - 20 something white ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
ellajay
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Arrival
Jul 7, 2005
"At 3*30 pm in Osaka and 2:30 am in Knoxville,?@we arrived in Japan. We met Tamami our tour guide and Mr. Suganaga, the representative from Panasonic at the airport. The airport is ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
shannonjackson
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Enter Osaka
Mar 12, 2005
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"Arrive in Osaka to stay one night in a capsule hotel and experience the night life at Zion - an African run dub reggae night with phat dancehall dancers. ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
richardflux
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Sayonara Japan
May 15, 2004
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"Though I'd never want to permanently call Japan home, I've been here 1.5 years and I think its always a bit difficult to leave place so familiar. As always, the best thing about a ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
trent
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Holy@MOTHER OFGOD!
Oct 16, 2007
"Well, we are here! After the worst nine hours of our lives we made it‚”!@I didnt realise how hard it would be to use Japanese computers, so I will write more later! As long as eve ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
djkizza
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Vechtende vette mannen / Fat men fighting
Mar 27, 2006
"Vroeg op, trein van Kyoto naar Osaka om om 8 uur in de rij te kunnen aansluiten voor kaartjes voor HET Sumo tournooi. Nog 200 tickets te krijgen and we did it!! Een heuse box nog w ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
markenhylda
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Ah! Familar places and faces.
Sep 2, 2006
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"I flew into Osaka, because they couldn't route me through Nagoya with my miles. So I took the Shinkansen (bullet train) in to Nagoya. I arrived back in Nagoya about two hours later ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
liquidsixer
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Weekend getaway to Japan's second city
Jan 11, 2005
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"Since Mayu and I had to spend our first Christmas as a couple apart from each other - a definite no-no in a country where the holiday is one for couples - we had to make up for it ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
xerius
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Osaka - Day 25 to 27
Oct 28, 2006
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"Day 25 - Hadouken After taking the super fast 25 minute train from Kyoto to Osaka, we trekked around with our massive bags trying to find a capsule hotel, just for the laugh of sta ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
ebenbolter
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Osaka
May 26, 2005
(10 photos)
"During Golden Week, I took a quick overnight trip to Osaka with Fiona and Donna. We did a bit of sightseeing, went out for dinner, and went dancing at night. We discovered that the ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
janeyinjapan
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Night lights of Osaka
Apr 23, 2007
(27 photos)
"After visiting Himmeiji I dropped into Osaka in the afternoon. Straight away I could notice a different vibe about the city. People seem less reserved and some were even crossing t ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
polomuiriu
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My Osaka odyssey
Jun 28, 2006
(3 photos)
"Today's (yesterday's? it's all become one) journey started at 8 O'clock GMT in my house in London. My mother loving prepared a traditional English breakfast for me and the family a ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
scurvydom
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Japan up until now ~ Christina
Jul 11, 2004
"'¨'³'©'©'ç'±'ñ'É'¿'Í?`?I Hello from Osaka! Christina speaking (^-^) We just arrived back in Osaka from our trip to Miyajima island. Our Japan trip so far: Wow. What a long plane ri ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
jclub5
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Western Japan
Apr 6, 2008
(38 photos)
"Konichiwa!!! Japan just keeps getting better with new things around every corner. Last night was an excellent night for me because I did my first KARAOKE!!!!!! The night went reall ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
ben27
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...We're here!!
Dec 2, 2007
(6 photos)
"Heyas! This is long, so if it's too boring to read just look at the photos, assuming I can figure out how to put them in... :) We're finally here!!! There are so many things we've ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
noni_matt
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Leaving Osaka
Apr 2, 2008
(6 photos)
"Hallo zusammen, nach sieben Naechten in Osaka geht es nun weiter, next stop ist Nagoya. Auf meinen Aprilscherz ist anscheinend niemand reingefallen, nun ja, leider hatte ich auch k ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
schwate
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Eeek! We're outta here...
May 11, 2004
(8 photos)
"Gidday gidday, Well I just sent some emails telling those who might be interested this weblink, but I guess it's not active yet....still only May 10 in America I guess. But anyway, ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
aliandcam
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Sock it to you in Osaka!
May 15, 2008
(7 photos)
"Osaka is the second largest manufacturing zone in Japan, after Tokyo, and many tourist choose to skip it. Yet the city actually has quite a bit of charm, and is worth visitin ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
thomasmb
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Japan
Mar 30, 2006
(21 photos)
"Hey dudes just got to England yesterday after a week in Japan. Had a fantastic time - headed off on day trips to see temples in Kyoto (a lot of which were sandwiched between highly ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
ash_gauld
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Sayonara Japan
May 8, 2008
(28 photos)
"In comparison to the ultra modern Tokyo and the culture rich Kyoto Osaka is more famous for its down-to-earth citizens and interesting cuisine. We only had two nights and one full ..."
A travel blog entry from Osaka by
vine_hooligans
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