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Travel Blogs from Osaka

Day 43 - Onward to the land of the Rising Sun

A travel blog entry by rick_and_mandy

... country and culture, in some ways it would be nice to have a tour leader with you to help but a group tour wasn't available for the dates we wanted so this was the next best thing. And, it worked really well. It all seemed a bit bewildering when Masami was trying to explain the very complicated rail system and tickets........but once she put us on the train, we thought we would be right.......we fairly were, only hiccup was once we got off the train at Shinosaka into a huge ...

Japan With A Twist

A travel blog entry by tdv95

... they renovate they don't go halfway. Our tour was less about the castle and more about the reno- they've constructed a complete building, with elevators, over the 5 story castle (they estimate that it will require 1 year to take the building down after the renovation is complete). Interesting if you want to see a project like this but less so if you wanted to see the castle.

Osaka was a nice introduction to the fun side of Japan and we really enjoyed our stay ...

Dag 1 vertrek en aankomst

A travel blog entry by turkoois1990

... soepel. Wel waren we geland op het uiterste puntje van het vliegveld en duurde het uiteindelijk nog 15/20 minuten voordat we uiteindelijk konden uitstappen. We hebben met veel spanning de bagage opgehaald maar gelukkig was alles goedgegaan. Bepakt en bezakt hebben we toen de treinpas opgehaald en de trein genomen richting Osaka.

Het eerste wat ons opviel was de warmte. Goeie genade wat is het warm in Japan. Natuurlijk waren we ervoor ...

Tokyo.. you rocked my world.. literally !!

A travel blog entry by mauza

... Il Cuore.. largest room experienced in the five selected.. on the 12 floor again but hopefully with no midnight movements..
Wandered the local area for dinner and browsing.. storms had passed..had been advised that Osaka was more of an industrial city..(2.5 million pop.)
and to see more of the other cultural cities.. well, already I think this city deseves more! Grand buildings, modern plazas, atriums etc spotted already.. Sorry Osaka.. will have to be next ...

Osaka

A travel blog entry by dmandpeter

... hit and miss" and if there is no photo we are totally lost. Ben is the best at the language, some how he seems to have remembered Year 8 Japanese. Pete and I just keep bowing! Kate is in charge of the itinerary so no rest for the wicked.
Some interesting facts here. Posteriors as they call bums, are obviously very important here - heated toilet seats and JR trains have heated seats. Smart thinking when you consider how cold it ...