Places : Osaka, Japan (A stop over)

Osaka Castle at day time.

Osaka Japan is located in Kansai region on the main island of Honshu. Osaka Japan is Japan's second largest city and is a major industrial, port and economic centre.
Osaka Japan is also famous for its food including many regional dishes and variations on dishes found elsewhere in Japan.
Upon touchdown, you may take the Nangkai Express Rapit from Kansai International Airport to Osaka ( 38 minutes to Namba Station) and the JR Haruka limited express (33 minutes to Tenno-ji, about 51 minutes to Shin-Osakai). You may visit at www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/access for more airport information.

Before you start your day at this majestic place, make sure that you have full breakfast. Highly recommended is their Yoshinoya's rice with miso soup and fried egg.

You may visit first Osaka Castle, it is one of the city's historical structures. Built in 1583. Then ride try to ride the movies at Universal Studios Japan attractions like Spider-man, Jaws, Shrek, and Back to the Future.

You must try to take a subway tip around the city and do not hesitate to take all the advertisements give aways along the way.

At night, you may visit Dotonbori for your nocturnal fix of good food and a lot of shopping. The 100 Yen shop for souvenirs, Uniqlo for very cheap but quality clothing. You can also try walking through the streets filled with neon lights and merchandised signs like the famous Glico Running Man.


For hotel accommodation, you can try Apa Hotel Group. This hotel provides very reasonable rates, clean rooms and a goo location (www.apahotel.com). :)