A great 5 days in Osaka. Very hot around 37° most days, but we managed to get out and about and see the sights. Train network was great...took a bit of getting used to, but the Japan Transport App made it quite easy. We bought ICOCA cards on arrival which were great.
Only the first step of our trip but the technology is working well. Japan eSim worked as soon as we landed in Japan, our QR codes that I prearranged on the Visit Japan site got us through customs quickly, WiFi at our AirBnB, downloaded shows on Netflix worked on our tablets, Wise card preloaded with Yen works beautifully, aforementioned Japan Transport App a Godsend, and Google Translater an absolute legend of an App.
Our AirBnB was fantastic! 200m to Kuromon Markets and Dotonbori a further 10min walk.
Marg had a fall and hurt her back whilst being harassed by a dozen deer at Nara which slowed her down, but hopefully on the mend.
Very much looking forward to our Business Class flights (redeemed Frequent Flyer points) to London via Finland and our tour of England Ireland Scotland and Wales.Read more
Darryl FoaleSounds like you've had a great time and captured much of the Osaka and Japanese experience in the 5 days that you were there. Excellent stuff .... except for the Nara deer issue for Marg.
Jul 29–Aug 6 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Darryl FoaleSounds like you've had a great time and captured much of the Osaka and Japanese experience in the 5 days that you were there. Excellent stuff .... except for the Nara deer issue for Marg.