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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Osaka, Japan
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| G Gascon |
16 May 2005 |
Stayed at Osaka Airport Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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Took JTB Sunrise one day tour to Kyoto. You have to get into the hotel nearest Osaka Station, which is the Granvia. Probably easier to take the airport limousine bus to Shin-Osaka station (only about 440 yen.)
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| D Archbold |
24 April 2005 |
Stayed at Osaka Airport Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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We stayed at this hotel on completion of a cruise that ended in Osaka. The cruise line provided transfers only to Kansia International Airport (KIX) and not to Itami (ITM) so we took a cab. It costs approximately US$70 (7,000 yen) and took about 35 minutes from the pier. You can also get there by train, but we had too much luggage to use that option.
The airport opens at 6am and we were told to be there at that time in order to check-in for our 8 am flight. In practice there were only short lines and we could have waited at least until 6.30 am.
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| G Straight |
04 April 2005 |
Stayed at Dai-Ichi - Osaka, Japan.
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Visited Osaka Castle, the Osaka Aquarium (fantastic), Kyoto (about 25 minutes by train), went to Gion district and saw a Geisha show, tea ceremony, there are over 1,500 temples to see in Kyoto. The cherry blossoms in April are something you should not miss. Nara is a remarkable city, bring food to feed the deer that walk around free. Plenty of museums, shopping. Wear your walking shoes as you do plenty of walking. In Kyoto, get an all day bus pass so you can get on and off the bus at different locations for one price. Trains and subways are pretty easy to learn. Food is great almost everywhere. Don't miss the shopping underneath the Hanshin Dept store. The pastries made each day are beautiful. Fun to see all the different food.
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| R Tan |
01 January 2005 |
Stayed at Radisson Miyako Hotel Osaka - Osaka, Japan.
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Ate at the Kintetsu food floor. Similar to other department store food floors. Seattle's Best Coffee located adjacent to hotel. Took the subway one stop from Ue-Hommachi stop (hotel) to Nipponbashi (Den-Den Town electronics area). The large Kuromon food market is also in the area.
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| E Dyckhoff |
14 November 2004 |
Stayed at Osaka Airport Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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Reaching the destination from Kyoto with the Japan Rail West pass was a little adventure! But being there we discovered that the city bus to Itami gave good connection with JR, so our wives could fly from Itami, while we (the boys) needed just two hours to catch our plain at Kansai, seeing each other again after safe flying in Amsterdam!
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| R Rogers |
12 May 2004 |
Stayed at Osaka Airport Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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Best way to get to the centre of Osaka is by the airport express bus from the airport.
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| R Cho |
26 April 2004 |
Stayed at Kinki, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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Some travel directions is needed for this hotel. I was tired, this being my last night for the 3 week vacation I had (solo). I jumped into a cab and he was unable to find it, so asked another driver then went into a Police Station for advice. If you at the Osaka JR station walk north or south (unsure) when you come out, go left pass the tourist info centre and a Burberry Shop, you see an overbridge for the pedestrian walk - walk on it (there are escalators and staircase), once on top go left. You would walk straight and walk past the other rail station (not JR) and maybe some homeless selling wares on the pavement, you would also walk past KFC fast food restaurant.
A half minute or less walk, you come to a corner at the traffic lights. Across the road there is a mall and in front of that, an adult shop with color posters on its walls etc .. walk towards that, then turn left and walk straight keeping an eye on the left side which is an enclosed mall with restaurants, pachinko parlors, etc etc. The hotel is in there
if unable to get map. Get the map from info tourist centre and there is a KFC centre south east of the JR station, then follow the instructions above - makes following my directions a lot easier. Hope this helps. Reason I wrote so much is the info here on this site was insufficient and hence I went to those troubles with the cab driver et al..
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| J Mitchell |
08 March 2004 |
Stayed at Radisson Miyako Hotel Osaka - Osaka, Japan.
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Tennoji is an older part of Osaka. There isn't a whole lot to do in the immediate vicinity (although Tennoji park is supposed to be quite nice). However, it is a very easy train ride to Nara or Kyoto from the Kintetsu station directly under the hotel. Great site seeing at both (I prefer Nara, but Kyoto is the more popular choice). And only two subway stops away (at Shinsaibashi) are the bright lights and youth culture of Osaka. Again, the subway is located just below the hotel. Get directions from the staff.
The Miyako staff can also make excellent recommendations for food. You have to eat okonomiyaki when in Osaka. There is an up-scale okonomiyaki restaurnant underneath the hotel in restaurant row that is excellent. Also some good "dives" in the nearby neighborhood. If you are a bit more adventurous, get takoyaki, another famous Osaka dish.
Access to the airport was easy via "limousine", which is really just a charter bus. The stop is directly outside the hoel.
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| A Sancey |
23 February 2004 |
Stayed at Radisson Miyako Hotel Osaka - Osaka, Japan.
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Osaka is a nice city, very quick to go to Kyoto by using SHINKANSEN express trains.
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| P Frederic |
21 October 2003 |
Stayed at Kinki, Hotel - Osaka, Japan.
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The better access to this hotel is subway higashi umeda. From this location you can easily visit nara with kintetsu line, kyoto and kobe with hankyu line. Very peaceful place in Kansai.
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