Swissotel Osaka

We had a good nights sleep and woke to view an amazing city skyline!  Osaka is huge, a true concrete jungle! Today we plan to see the Osaka castle, ship some stuff home (we need to lighten our load) and do laundry.  The hotel has laundry but ...

... trouble began.  We got lost, so lost. We got on the wrong train that turned out to be a local going around the Osaka loop.  A nice stranger on the train must have noticed our frustration and confusion and asked if he could help us find our way. ...

... 3:00 we took the JR Bullet Train to the Sin-Osaka station. Once there, we changed to a subway that took us to Namba. The Swissotel Nannkai is located right above the Namba station so we quickly made it to the lobby to check-in to our new rooms. Then at ...

This entry was written by Jonathan Haskew from Powell High School. My family homestay started when Mrs. Shibata picked me up at Senri High School. Before that though, I had the opportunity to meet Taku when he took me around to his Physic's class. ...