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Kansai international airport   Osaka

Kansai international airport, Osaka

 3 Reviews  While Kyoto represents the elegant past of Japan, Osaka being a modern city, offers the opposite Japanese experience. Osaka offers the hustling and bustling of a modern city; in fact it is so busy... 

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walking   Osaka

walking, Osaka

 4 Reviews  OSAKA often seems like it has no main centre and is an overwhelming maze of small streets and alleys. Although this is true - do not be shy about walking around Osaka, to where-ever the road takes... 

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castle   Osaka

castle, Osaka

 11 Reviews  The extensive grounds of Osaka Castle were impressive. The next night, friends took us to the top of a 7-story building with a rooftop entrance to a huge, red ferris wheel. High over the city's... 

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Umeda Skybuilding   Osaka

Umeda Skybuilding, Osaka

 9 Reviews  After a walk up at the observatory, we came down and found this little resting place just beside the building. The little "park" was bloom with some flowers and thought they were nice & pretty so took... 

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temples & shrines   Osaka

temples & shrines, Osaka

 4 Reviews  This is one of the wooden statues found on either side of the main entrance into Shiittenoji Temple. These statues are at the entrances to all temples in Japan. They are guards placed to ward away... 

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Shinsaibashi   Osaka

Shinsaibashi, Osaka

 2 Reviews  ShinshaibashiFountain display in the canal at Shinshaibashi. This place is full of happenings at night and is worth a visit. The brightly lit streets cris-crossed each others like a grid. You don't... 

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zero (empty tips)   Osaka

zero (empty tips), Osaka

 5 Reviews  The two magazines pictured opposite are two of the most popular free papers in Japan. Both magazines are particularly useful for getting up to date listings of cinema, stage and live music... 

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Dotombori   Osaka

Dotombori, Osaka

 2 Reviews  Being at the busy and colorful streets in Dotonbori area at night is a real must. The colors of the advertising lights are bright and make the place so lively. It looks like more people like it... 

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Sightseeing outside Osaka   Osaka

Sightseeing outside  Osaka, Osaka

 1 Review  Take a short ride (35 min.) by shinkansen to Himeji and go see Himeji Castle. I really enjoyed the aquarium even though I was there during the earthquake. I think the earthquake just made it more... 

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If you want to go to church...

by Nichola1

There are a few Catholic churches around, but the only one in the morning is in Umeda. Kitano Catholic Church is just north of the Hankyu International Hotel. If you are standing in front of the hotel (with the hotel infront of you) the big red ferris wheel on top of Hep 5 is to the right. Walk to the traffic lights up on the left, and cross over. Keep walking and it is just on the right across the road from the Pias Tower (you can see it from the hotel). Or you can catch the Midosuji line to Nakkatsu (one past Umeda). Go out exit four and starbucks is on the left. Walk past starbucks and down the little steps. Turn right and walk down the street past the convinience store. The church is th next corner on the right.English mass is at 9am. You can find a map and mass times at http://www.kitano-mikuni.catholic.ne.jp/ (the map is just in japanese though).

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Internet cafe

by Nichola1

There are heaps around, but the cheapest I have found so far is BB Planet (only the BB is in English though). It is Y300 for two hours for the open seats (`o-pen se-ki`). It has the normal all you can drink coca cola that the others do. You can`t print or use Word/Excell in all the booths, so you need to tell them if you want to use them before they give you a booth. They also have web cameras, headphones and mics too. You need some form of ID the first time you go. It is along the Dotonbori river. You can actually see it from the bridge (there is a big Y300 for two hours sign in the window). If you walk over the Dotonbori bridge on Shinsaibashi Suji towards Shinsaibashi (so Namba is behind you), turn right just over the bridge before the street is covered again (so turn at Kirin beer plaza). It is just a couple of shops along on the right side. You can see the GAL MART sign, it is the...

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Air New Zealand

by Nichola1

(I`m really only adding this because I took the photo while having to wait awhile there)If you flew over on Air New Zealand and you need to go see them, they are on the 4th floor of the OCAT building (JR Namba station). They are at the south end of the building on the right side. They speak english, and are very friendly.

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Dotonbori Hotel Osaka  Osaka

 7 Reviews and 88 Opinions  I've personally stayed in this hotel twice in my previous 2 trips to Osaka. Famous for their... 

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Takatsuki Kyoto Hotel  Takatsuki

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Q:  Hi there, My friend and I plan to visit Japan in Nov. Since we've not been there before, appreciate if you can share with us on... 

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A: I think 12 days is just enough but don't limit yourselves to the cities, there are also interesting places near each of them. Flying in at Osaka and out from Tokyo... 

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