Train Ticket Masterpieces in Kansai Airport

At the Kansai International Airport there are many images made out of train tickets. It’s a pretty cool thing to see. Acording to this website they are all from the Namba-Nankai line which is the very line I took to travel to and from the airport....

Hanging Out With Ninjas in Iga-Ueno

One place I loved on my trip to Japan in November 2008 was Iga-Ueno, specifically the Ninja Museum. Iga Ueno is near Nara in the Mei Prefecture. It is a little bit tricky to get to, but only in that you have to swap trains a couple of times. The way we got there was: From Osaka we took the JR Yamatoji Line from Namba to Kamo – in the mornings direct trains to Kamo depart from Namba, but...

My Future Home: – Himeji Jo

Install some central heating and furniture and I think I’d be happy to call Himeji Jo home. Our day at Himeji was our first, and perhaps with the exception of Hakone our only really cold day. A real chill to the air, and windy too. It didn’t help walking down drafty corridors with our shoes off. After our time in the castle we enjoyed a hot chocolate from a vending machine, and I...

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...