Osaka Day 4

Breakfast at the Hotel this morning. We then did another train reconnaissance in preparation for our big day tomorrow. We tried to find entrances into stations where there are escalators or lifts - much easier than dragging luggage up and down steps. We took the train from our local station to Shin Osaka where we have to get a Shinkansen (bullet) train to Fukuyama tomorrow to begin our bike tour. The train station at Shin Osaka was unbelievable! We are glad we did the dry run, however, we are feeling nervous about the hoards of people we will encounter at peak hour tomorrow morning. Once we are on the Shinkansen it will be a piece of cake.
We came back to our room and had a double brandy (not quite, but wish we had!) We then packed ready for the next part of our Japan trip.
Suckers for punishment, we took the train to Shinsekai - a famous Osaka night time venue seething with people, eateries, gaming places and bars. We needed more bright lights, so we walked to Dotonbori (we had been there before during the day) before returning to our Hotel. It's sayonara to Osaka tomorrow morning!Read more