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Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka February 26th 2018

Nous avons atterri à Osaka et, après 40 minutes dans un bus grand confort (où avoir une conversation téléphonique ou parler trop fort était interdit, et où la ceinture de sécurité était obligatoire - retour à la civilisation!!), nous avons facilement trouvé notre auberge de jeunesse - Guesthouse Koma, où nous avons discuté avec quelques membres du personnel, Jun, un coréen et Taku, un japonais. Nous avons mangé un Gyumeshi (bol de riz avec du boeuf et des oignons) à moins de 2 euros dans un restaurant pas loin et nous sommes allés nous coucher tôt. Le lendemain, nous sommes retournés au même restaurant et avons mangé des nouilles Udon, des nouilles épaisses. Ensuite, nous avons visité l'aquarium d'Osaka qui nous avait été recommandé. Nous avons vu des espèces que nous n'avions pas vu avant (et ... read more
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Aquarium
Osaka castle

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka January 3rd 2018

Well i'm loving Japan. Its a very different kind of a place. Not really Asia but not really the west either. Landed in Osaka nearly two weeks ago after a brief stint in Singapore and Malaysia. Japan has a world wide reputation for its rail network and the train from the airport to town was easy enough. But the subway to the area I was staying in was another matter. The stations are huge and the ticket machine unfathomable, fortunately a kindly lady took pity on this half asleep bewildered tourist and showed me how it all worked (very simple once you know) and bobs your uncle I was at my Hotel. The room was spotlessly clean but tiny I mean really tiny barely enough space for me and my bag at the same time. The ... read more
Fish Market
Squid on a stick for lunch
Fried loveliness

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka December 29th 2017

The next morning, the group managed to sluggishly make it to the Tsukiji Market by 10AM. If there is a time you decide to eat sushi, THIS is the place to go to. Tuna is the king of the crop. Restaurant owners come in at 3AM to bid on the cuts of Tuna. We wanted to go to Sushi Dai (2 hour wait on the port), to eat. But we managed to settle for street food. (see photos) After the market, we headed over to the Asukusa district and headed over to the Kannon Temple. This is the OLDEST temple in Japan. Kate and I decided to dress in full Kimono attire to tour the temple. We visited the temple and said our prayers and then made it to the Tokyo Skytree. It is the tallest ... read more
Fish Market
Kabuki Kate
Dotonburi District

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka October 9th 2017

It's noticeable as soon as you disembark the train from Tokyo. Things just look a little different. Everyone's shirt is not fully tucked in. People are a little rounder and some are a few weeks past due for a haircut. There is litter on the street. Not a lot, but after the scrubbed streets of Kyoto and Tokyo, it is visible. A couple of older guys stand under the "No Smoking" signs, sharing a story and puffing away. Both have on baseball hats and looked like they didn't spend a lot of time choosing their wardrobe today. The smell of fried food drifts from somewhere nearby. People tend to wander, or maybe just walk with a little less purpose here. Voices are a little louder and everyone doesn't stay in line. It's immediately clear you have ... read more
Namba Park
Osaka Castle
Dotonbori

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka October 8th 2017

I have been excited about going to Japan ever since I left Spain to go on this worldwide trip over two years ago. I was now finally going there. After so long on the road however, my excitement has admittedly waned slightly, but I was still highly anticipating my relatively short visit to the land of the rising sun. Japan has informed so much of the world's culture in weird, wacky and wonderful ways and I was looking forward to seeing what I would discover in this iconic country. To get there, I took my first flight in three and a half months! As much as some people hate it, I love going to the airport; seeing the multitude of destinations on the departure board suddenly makes it feel like your travel opportunities are endless. You ... read more
Turn On The Bright Lights
Himeji Castle
Shin-sekai

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka April 30th 2017

Arrive in Kansai Airport at around 7:20am. The airport looks so empty and I cleared the custom rather quickly. Was thinking that I would be on schedule but boy was I wrong. The JR pass office is located at the Train terminal and the queue for the JR pass is too long. Its either the people queuing up can't read or they don't care. There was a sign to say that you just need to send 1 representative with all the passport to get the tickets but they just stand in the queue with their group. There was even a family with wheelchair waiting at the exit blocking everyone that is going out. I was in the queue for about 30-45 mins before its my turn to exchange for my JR pass and make the reservation ... read more
Himeji Castle 2
Himeji Castle 3
Himeji Castle 4

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka April 29th 2017

Transiting at Ho Chi Minh for flight to Osaka on Vietnam Airlines. Took the Business class on their A350 airplane. Not my first time flying Business on Vietnam Airlines but my 1st time on A350 Business Class and also 1st time able to sleep flat in a plane with no one beside me. Nor do I need to worry about waking the person beside me to visit the washroom since my seat is both a window and aisle seat. Ever since I tried flying Business on other shorter flights, I do not want to fly economy again. Yes the price is much higher but the peace and quiet, the better services are well worth it.... read more
A350 Business Class 2
A350 Business Class 3
A350 Business Class 4

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka February 16th 2017

The start of my journey in japan was an extremely long day of traveling. I left my hostel in Chengdu at 5am set off for the airport, first i flew to Hong Kong where i had 2 hours to kill then i found out that the second leg of my journey had a another stop that I hadn't realised so next i stopped in Taipei for an hour then finally i arrived in Osaka feeling very weary. I made my way by train to the centre of the city and then with some difficulty found my hostel i can say the directions from the hostel were not the best 'walk for 10 minutes from the station' ok I know that I'm expected to be a mind reader half the time but c'mon walk which way for ... read more
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Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka October 23rd 2016

It has been sometime that I didn't write anything, but as I didn't do anything special last week, it didn't require an entry :) However, the full week has been quite interesting and I thought about doing a global week update... so it will be messy and full of small funny anecdotes, hope you will like it :P Flea market: On last Saturday (22nd October), I had no idea of what I will be doing during the day. After waking up quite late from my Kendo after training drinking, and getting back my emotions on the fact that someone in Japan try to steal my wallet :P I looked into my book to see what can be done on a grey Saturday afternoon. I saw that on every 21 and 22 of the month there is ... read more
Shitennoji park
Shitennoji park
Cheesecake and flowers

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka October 21st 2016

Last Friday was the day everything went wrong. No pictures or anything special here, but I thought I should share that with you. It was a normal day and I went to school as usual. I was actually excited because I planned to go try this new kendo club in the evening. At the school, we were asked to purchase a new book to start to learn Kanji (hard stuff lol). So we were on our way to the school library to buy the book. After purchasing it, I was about to write into my phone the expense so I could keep trace of it... and there, my phone decided to die :/ It was just not turning on anymore. After restarting it and trying everything, it finally turned on but only to show me the ... read more




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