APA Hotel Osaka Higobashi-ekimae

... lugar el 22 de Julio. Se ofrecio a hacernos una foto y ensenarnos sus abdominales, tras lo cual no le hicimos mas caso y se fue. <br> A las seis, los salvavidas tuvieron su meeting de grupo y recogieron los trastos. Tres de ellos se quedaron atras para echar una carrera por la playa. <br> Cuando ya nos ibamos, un grupo de personas de la tercera edad, se sentaron en el paseo junto a la playa a cenar su picnic ...

Ok, we spent two days in Osaka, and after ten minutes there wish we had more time to explore. The place seemed more lively. The guy who We stayed with was really nice and we had a few drinks and chatted with him on the first night. We just wondered around south Osaka for the next two days. Dotomburi and shinsekai, both were bustling ...

... had to wave as they walked through the customs gates, whereas we had to have everything checked, from photographs, to fingerprints to a record of where we would be spending our first night. I was ready to protest loudly and violently if i was approached by a customs official wearing a rubber glove. After clearing customs, at which time all of the Japanese passengers would have been at home in bed already, we got through to baggage claim. We were ...

... 20) and sit in the good areas until people kick you out. The place didn't really fill up until the end when the really good wrestlers have their matches, so you could pretty much sit wherever for half the day. Even with the junior wrestlers, the matches were very entertaining to watch. The ring is on a raised platform, which is only wide enough for mabye a foot around the ring at the sides. Many of the wrestlers would take massive falls when getting tossed out of the ring ...

When I first arrived in Japan, I didn't realize just how big it is. Sure, it looks sort of big on a map, but its still dwarfed by its over sized neighbors, China and Russia. Japan may be smaller than those guys, but really, its a TARDIS. There are so many cities here that go unnoticed by travelers, because they are seen as boring small-towns. Boring? Small? Half of these places are bustling, buzzing and each have a unique atmosphere of their own and I am amazed and glad that we ...

... out of for who knows wh*t re*son, which involved folks sitting *round * gi*nt m*n m*de pool to c*tch koi with * rod; the weight of which would determine the *mount of mool*h you r*ke in th*t night. This, combined with the f*ct th*t every other corner w*s serving Os*k*'s delicious speci*lty dish, Octopus Dumplings, m*de for *n over*ll gre*t visit.<br><br>The following d*y w*s b*ck to temple-town, with * visit to the 'sm*ll' town of N*r*, which is home to * number of f*scin*ting n ...

... which you c*n boil eggs in. The *nnoying thing is th*t you don't re*lly get to see the hot springs in their 'r*w st*te' but they *re still quite *we inspiring even if the one with *nim*l's m*de you feel s*d. (Are hippos supposed to e*t pot*toes?)<br><br>To wind things up we found ourselves *t *n Onsen in the outdoor 'Mud b*th'. And it w*s deffin*tely muddy. Although it m*de it * little less *wkw*rd when sh*ring the pl*ce with * whole lot of n*ked str*ngers. Murky ...

... as well as an entire arsenal of baseball-ish snack foods ranging from hot dogs to beer and wedges which can be carried into the theater on a little table or tray that clips into your cup holder. I thought it was amazing. Almost as amazing as the Sega Central top floor of the complex, which is essentially a gamer and gamblers paradise featuring everything from track races to lottery - only entirely electronic - in which hundreds of Japanese nerds sit around at little ...

Day 2 off in Osaka.. With a touch of homesickness last night.. it was great to wake up today to and have a full day planned to remind me why I am so happy to be in Japan! Today Melissa, Jackie & I toured the Osaka Castle & the Osaka Aquarium, both of which I visited on my previous visit to Osaka.. but both which were truly just as enjoyable, if not more, on my second visit. The Osaka subway system is so well organized, with most signs/maps in Japanese and English as well as ...

... a bit to drink my memories of what Dave did become blurry. Anyway, after the cook made a quick phone call to the hotel to let them know we were breaking curfew, we asked for the OKANJOU (bill). The meal came to ¥11060, but they gave us a generous ¥60 discount. We were much too happy and inebriated to realise that this was the most expensive meal we'd had yet. As if it were part of the bar's service we were somewhat lucky to have a fellow drunken patron escort us back to the Hotel.