Kansai

... will keep a blog. Feel free to comment or post questions about anything I write. I would love to hear from you! Copy and paste to check out a map of where I am here: http://www.jnto.go.jp/mapindex/E/index.html# I live in the Kansai prefecture. :)

... wearing alternative clothing. Yes, you can find everything from facial piercings to punks here. Wild!   When I was back in Kansai and suffering from homesickness, a stroll around Amerika Mura was all it would take to make me feel better again. It ...

... labeled in English anyway). We had a Kansai rail pass and a JR railpass. The former let us travel throughout the ancient Kansai region on practically all public transport other than JR railway lines. These in turn were covered by the JR pass ...

... grabbed by a Kansai airport staff member who handed them to us. I don't think that any non-Japanese tourist has passed through Kansai airport arrivals quicker than we did tonight. In no more than 25 minutes we got from the plane to the train. ...

... 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 because it has many cool vending machines with Cal pis (which is a drink). The airport is also ...

... reading.. the professor is a genius, an American who speaks fluent Japanese. 2x a week on Wed and Fri from 1-2:20.) Art in the Kansai Area (2x a week on Wed and Fri from 4-5:20 in the afternoon. I know. Bleh. But it's teaching me so much indispensable ...

... matters less in these places. Men in the Kansai region are also more masculine, not like Tokyo's all-too-androgynous men. Kansai-ben, however, is the unique dialect in the region, and it is quite different from the textbook-style Japanese spoken in ...

... They were certainly delicious! As were our okonomikyaki (Japanese pancake), which we sat down for at a restaurant. A tad greasy, but that's Kansai for you...more grit than Tokyo. And people also wait on the right side of the escalator rather than the ...

... receipt for...so that crossed my mind. As we explained our situation to the very helpful but thoroughly overwhelmed girl behind the Kansai information counter, she pointed to a group of people looking just as worried and annoyed as i was. THE DAVIES ...

... to get to Kyoto and according to the lonely planet guidebook, it said that the cheapest option was taking a 'kanku-kaisoku' or a Kansai Airport Express from the train station at the airport to Osaka station and then a 'shinkaisoku' to Kyoto station. After ...

Thursday November 2, 2006 I spent the long weekend with seven friends on a tour of the Japan's Kansai Region. We visited Kyoto, Nara, Tenri, and Osaka over the course of three days and four nights. I must say that we did not prepare much in advance, ...

... some other stuff. And it was awesome. ironically, I used to hate it when I was a kid. How times change. I then made my way to Kansai airport to pick up ash. took a while, but I finally made it, and was super stoked to see her. I didn't take any ...

Osaka Kansai airport As I sit here and wait for my flight I look back over this whole trip. I frequently find myself laughing at some of the event that I have experienced, from the Indian chugging contest to big John getting hugged by the devil, to my ...

Finally arrived at Kansai Airport at 2:45 pm Friday May 27 (10:45 pm Thursday May 26 Vancouver time) Took the Airport Limo Bus (just a big bus) to OCAT (Osaka City Air Terminal)then taxi to the hotel.. Comfort Hotel in Shinsaibashi. Preprinting the ...

Kansai ...

Welcome by Nozomi and her father at the Kansai Airport after my arrival from Dubai by Emirates'. Was surprised by the excellent and comfortable ...