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Day 2 Cont: Record breaking speed through Kansai
... last time was having our bags stolen.
I was expecting much the same this time, with the exception of the temperature, as it is now approaching winter. Not so.
A leisurely walk from the plane to the train which takes the passengers to the check in terminal, only the first group of 30ish people made the train. Great start. Onto the customs queue, which took at least 90 minutes last time.
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Back to Osaka and in Korea Town
... Once there I left my baggage and went to explore the area for a while and "walk off" that what was still keeping me awake.
Korea Town
After a brief exploration of the area I found that I was in Osaka's famously known Korea Town (http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/det ...
Octopus balls, what is it with us and balls?
... 90 minutes out of Osaka, delicious chicken yakitori and a vegetarian noodle dish, with more Asahi of course. Oh, and great coffee, the best we've ever had on a plane.
Smoothest landing ever, just lots of 'best evers'. How surprising.
Immigration and customs a breeze and out to find the train. Was under the impression I was booking a fast train (as in a shinkansen) and it would be ...
Sunday April 3rd
... he parked his car. Of course space is a premium in the Japanese cities but this is ingenious. Picture the London Eye, this was the model for the car park. He drove into a capsule, got out, and his car swung up in space and the next capsule arrived at ground level, ready to take the next car and so on. So the big wheel could store a number of cars, but only one was on the ground at any time.
Anyhow, we looked at a variety of ...