Osaka Day 6 - Packing for Home

We woke early getting ready to return to Malaysia. Yoshiko prepared breakfast for us. Akiyo left much earlier at 7 for work. We had a family photo in front of their apartment house.

Bus station location for Nishinomiya

Nishinomiya Bus Schedule

Osaka Day 5 - Nara Prefecture



The next day Sunday, we went to Nara. Before leaving, I took some time to cycle to the mountain  and back to the beach which is close to their home. The bike belongs to Akiyo father Katsuyoshi. I did not manage to cycle far since the weather was very cold.

We went to Nara with Akiyo and her mother. We left for Nara at 10am. His father left home very early to play golf. It was a 15 minutes walk from Akiyo home to the nearest station, Korean. Along the way, we stop by the river bank, home of tens of cherry trees. Unfortunately there were no cherry bloom yet. 

Akiyo home from the side access

Road biking in Nishinomiya

Osaka Day 4 - Osaka Castle & Moving to Akiyo House

Osaka Castle

Hotel Misano Osaka

As we were planning to spend the rest of our stay in Akiyo home, we only booked Misano Hotel for 3 nights and had to check out on Saturday. Akiyo arrived 10.30am as planned. We left the luggage with the hotel and went out for breakfast.

Osaka Day 3 - Umeda & Den Den Town

This is the 3rd day we were in Osaka. It was raining since last night. The hotel reception offered us umbrellas.Even though it was drizzling, but enough to get us wet. Had tepoyaki for brekkfast or rather brunch. There we always long queue for this local dish. We ordered a pack of 8 piece for yen450 with daun bawang, mayonaisse, slices of dried tuna toppings. Had them with cokes. 

We took the subway again to Yodobashi Camera Outlet in Umeda to buy perfune and watches as souvenoirs for the kids at home. The price were quite competitive compared to the rest of the outlet we visited. Umeda is only 4 station away from Namba subway station.

Osaka Day 2 - Umeda, Dotonbori

On 2nd day we went to Umeda, Osaka central transport station with connections to all over Japan. The underground train station had similar system just like the ones in London and Paris. The difficult part is that the signboard were in Japanese with litle English. So i have to ask around to buy tickets from the dispensing machine.


The walk from the hotel for Umeda took us to the Dotonbori area.  The place is a popular  area where tourist and locals hang around. The street stretches for almost a kilometer long. We stopped over at the local brand Evisu jeans outlet to take photos. A jeans itself cost Rm800, so tengok aje ler.

Osaka Day 1 - Arrival

Air ticket reservation made in Dec 2011 during Airasia sale promotion

High above the clouds

Tickets were purchased during a promotion sale early Dec at RM800 per person. The kids were not going since the timing is not right. One will be sitting for exam and the other has classes to attend.