Plaza Hotel Osaka

... my window shutters so in the morning there was no sunlight!! In blind panic I grabbed my stuff and set off to my next hotel, Osaka Namba Washington Hotel Plaza. I had to pay a surcharge AND quite a bit for phoning home, but I'll have to be more careful in ...

... station in osaka called osaka namba & then we had to take the tubeone stop to nipponbashi where we were staying at the osaka namba washington plaza.  It was too early to check in but we left our bags at the hotel & headed out for some free ...

... of our hotel, for a quick drink in the "Window On the World" (WOW) Sky Lounge. The bar at the top of the hotel overlooks Osaka and gave us a beautiful night view of the city, with all its bright lights, and wonderful sights. That was it for the day, ...

... and Jose was waiting for his mum to confirm her order. We made our way out and searched for the subway back to the hotel which took a surprisingly long time and involved a stop at the supermarket for Meiji Chocolate. Finally back at the hotel we rested ...

We planned to stay a night in Osaka just for the purpose of experiencing a capsule hotel. So, here how it goes: you arrive to a capsule hotel (having missed the last train home after a wild party or a busy day in the office), you check in and receive a ...

... after eleven. Fortunately we were able to leave our rucksacks and feeling considerably lighter, we set off to have a little explore. Osaka is quite different from the other places we've been, with lots of quite narrow streets filled with shops and places ...

... , freundlich und haben nicht staendig Angst, du koenntest ihnen den letzten Platz in der Metro wegschnappen. Als wir in unserem Hotel ankamen, sind wir dann doch ein bisschen erschrocken. Wir haben das Zimmer online gebucht, da es sonst fast unmoeglich ...

D'un auberge miteuse a un hotel crasseux.. les seuls points positifs sont le spa sur le toit et le prix. Visite du Osaka castle et du quartier Umeda ou il y a un gros gratte ciel relier par une passerelle au sommet. N.B. : Vive les 7 eleven du Japon. ...

... , then we got Juso station and they all got off. We searched for the exit and she asked me where I was going, I told her the Plaza Osaka, they were too! So we walked through the rain and found the hotel together which was nice. It was raining pretty hard ...

... -induced depression. And yet, here we were, sitting in Osaka, on the 7th floor of a janky building at the end of Dotombori, Osaka’s long shopping arcade, staring at a menu full of too many tasties. We ate chips and salsa, ordered horchata, and ate ...

... down. So in the time we sat there watching, no one caught anything. The next day, after our night at the capsule hotel on separate floors, we decided we should visit a couple of tourist attractions - the worlds biggest ferris wheel and the worlds biggest ...

... nbsp; It is a really interesting and vibrant city with lots on offer from modern living to 8th Century architecture. By contrast Osaka, is a relatively modern city.  Being a manufacturing hub for Japan it was pretty much flattened during the war. We ...

... obviously doing a tour of Osaka Port and so off we went for a ride on that; and very good it was too. So back to Osaka and the hotel, following a busy but very enjoyable half day; and it's not over yet, as we're off out this evening to sample another of ...

... for Japan so there was no wait time.  We wonder if this is a telling sign of things to come in Japan?  We arrived at Osaka at night,  we hopped in a taxi and had a 45 minute ride to the hotel.  We checked in, and couldnt wait to go ...

... the cut, not seen one of those places yet, but will keep an eye out. 12:29 I'm out, just wandering the streets round th hotel. There are a lot of ladies dancing clubs around here, I saw them all lit up in neon last night. I'm just going to wander around ...