A Night In Osaka

I love Osaka at night. We were staying at Dotonbori and it is just awesome at night. Lots of people, bright lights, loud noises. Great food, and not so great food… Warning, lots of photos in this post! Here’s a video of us coming back to our hotel room after riding the Hep 5 Ferris Wheel, and some of Osaka at night. ...

Journey to the top of Osaka – Hep Five Ferris Wheel

Hep Five Ferris Wheel Info! Cost: 500円 106m high Number of Gondolas: 52, max four people per gondola Time of Round Trip: 15 mins Opening Hours: 11:00 – 22:45 After our visit to Osaka Jo, we went to Umeda to visit Hep Five and it’s ferris wheel on the roof. As soon as we got off the subway we had an older man come up to us to show us to the correct exit. I mean, sure that is...

My First Castle – Osaka Jo, Osaka

On our first day in Japan we ate some sukiya for breakfast and headed down (up? across? over?) to Osaka Jo. It’s a great walk to Osaka Jo. We came in from the west entry. The moat was beatiful, some was water, some grass. Osaka Castle is really stunning from the outside. Inside is a museum and on the top floor you get a 360 degree view of Osaka. There is an elevator to get to the...

Hearton Hotel, Shinsaibashi, Osaka – Review

(view from our window in the hotel) Hearton Hotel Room: Service: Location: Price: Overall Rating: Rate This Hotel: (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)  Loading ... Website Directions View Larger Map We took the north exit from the Nankai Line Namba Station. We got on to the main road and walked along it on the left side. If you hit the Hotel Nikko, you’ve...