Osaka Travel Blogs - Page 4

I arrived in Osaka two hours later than planned because I got on the wrong train from the hostel to Kyoto Station and I had to transfer to 2 other trains - and the next train to Osaka was 45 more minutes. Blah! Thankfully, Eiko (momiji) didn't mind waiting for 'lil lost and late' me. While waiting …

These are just some of my favorite photos from the first leg of my world tour. Starting off with Japan, then Taiwan, Korea & China. This blog chronicles my travels over the first part of my adventure. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do. :D

Learning From the World Project:Sometimes dreams comes true,at the end of february will start my LIFE´S DREAM,1 year Backpacking the Earth,Looking for Knowledge,ideas,opportunities,people and obvioulsy to find a lot of things inside myself.

i had about 5 hours until the train for tokyo leaves. so i went out for a walk around this historical site. the castle was originaly built by hideyoshi toyotomi, but the original castle is now burried deep under the new castle built in edo era. most of the buildings now standing are rebuilt after numerous war fire.

I went to Japan for a week in the summer of 2008. We started out in Tokyo and made our way southward, passing through Hakone, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka.

i am going to move out from osaka and have a lot stuff to sell. so we decided to have a flea market (garage sale) at osaka expo park. i didn't expect that we can sell a lot. but we could sell more than we thought. that's was so much fun.

My first time to Osaka. There was a 30 min. delay getting off..but just an hour and a half from Incheon to Kansai Airport. I get off the plane and wait for the Airport limousine bus at number 5 gate.(1300 yen) I have to buy the bus ticket by myself(luckily there were some people around to help…

Please note that links to external sites were correct when this blog was written.  However, they may no longer be valid.  Osaka was a city which I intended as a stopover to enable our itinerary.  Kim and I, and also our friends Rodger and Lisa all enjoyed this amazing place tremend…

Lunch was a "western" style meal - pretty good, nothing special (pumpkin soup, steak, fish and sorbet). I also had a huge ice coffee (big mistake) because I had to ask the bus to get off the freeway so I could use the ladies room. It was either that or literally go in my pants (the horror!) - of co…

Hey, this is just a filler entry to let ya all know that I am kicking it..I'm here in shinosaka at the moment, just got done with a week plus tour/hike of semi-rural japan, which was fantastic.  Seriously, probably at the moment the highlight of the entire trip.  In any regard, wish I had…

Osaka looks a lot like Tokyo in that it's a huge bustling city with all the usual neon and glitter. However, there's a slightly different pace to the people and the food. Still, tons to see in and around the city, and it's a good base to visit Kyoto, Nara, and Kobe (although unfortunately I didn't …

Shinkansen is a high-speed rail system that serves as the core of Japan's rail transportation network called "JR" The Shinkansen is the best comfortable and speedy travel throughout Japan but also high frequency. For example, at least six trains per hour (not per day!) operate between Tokyo and S…

yesterday my cousin took me to visit the Himeji castle.  before i went, i was too lazy to read the description my cousin (who lives 30 minutes by train from there) send me. after i got there, i recognized the castle from photos i have seen before and had always wanted to see it. …

Standing on the dance floor with my usual sober foot tap and knee wobble i tell myself i look more like a fool then the dude across from me busting out random maneuvers along to the bippity bobbity beats bouncing bellingerently about our brains. i have fun dancing when i'm drunk, why the hell …

Woke late today well rested and ready to walk my shoes off.  I wanted to wander around Namba and the bordering nieghbourhoods and then off to Osaka Castle before meeting Diasuke at Namba Station.  For some reason I forgot my camera again in the morning so you will just have to believe whe…