Passes and tickets
Osaka

Day 13: Goodbye Japan

The End of Our 13 Days Journey The dreaded moment has come, reality is beginning to sink in; it is time for us to say goodbye, Japan. Clearly, the both of us were sad. Today, we took a photo of all the ticket stubs and attractions passes we’ve collected. Makes a nice collage doesn’t it? …

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Universal City Walk Osaka
Osaka

Day 12: Senkoji, Tempozan and USJ

Senkoji Temple, Experience Heaven and Hell Here Before we head down to Tempozan Harbor Village, we routed towards Senkoji Temple. Saw this online and thought it might be pretty interesting. The focus of this shrine was to give an experience of heaven and hell. It was pretty much like Singapore’s very own Haw Par Villa. …

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Cup Noodles Museum Ikeda
Osaka

Day 11: Cup Noodles Museum and Minoo Park

Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda Today’s plan is to go to the Cup Noodles Museum. We read that there’ll be an activity where you get to customize your cup before filling it up with actual instant noodles. Lots of tourist there, mainly family and kids. Why are we always doing kiddy stuff? So basically we …

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Shinsekai
Osaka

Day 10: Kani Doraku and Shinsekai

Osaka, Hello. Goodbye to the land of beef. Hello again Osaka, we are back! We were given a different room this time round, actually just right beside the original room. Have to say, the Japanese are the neatest. Our luggage were placed orderly in the room, futons and all setup neatly, spick and span. Actually …

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Nara Deer Park
Osaka

Day 4: Nara Deer Park

Nara, Deer, Deer Everywhere Before taking the Kintetsu Line towards Nara, we popped by Family Mart again to buy our breakfast. This time round we got sandwiches. Damn nice! Henceforth it is decided that our breakfast would be settled via convenient stores. Period. As legend suggests, the God of Thunder, Takemikazuchi once rode a white …

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Himeji
Osaka

Day 3: Himeji Castle and Umeda Sky Building

The White Heron, Himeji Castle Yesterday we learnt that touristy places get crowded really early. As Singaporeans, we are proud to display our sense of urgency in whatever we do, wherever we go – a.k.a. sibeh kiasu. Damn, 6.30am and we’re on the JR towards Himeji Castle. 为何… We ate our breakfast while walking from …

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Osaka Castle
Osaka

Day 2: A Visit to Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle Sometime before we arrived, I checked out the Sakura forecast. Seems like the erratic weather (due to global warming and what not), caused it to full bloom earlier. Therefore we tweaked our plan to visit all the Sakura-worthy places in the first few days, Osaka Castle being the first stop Everything is just …

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Blue sky
Osaka

Day 1: Osaka Here We Come

We’re Leaving, on a Jet Plane Always wanted to bring Minmin on a trip, faraway. After months of planning, shopping for jackets and figuring out how to tackle the Japanese subway systems, it is time. It’s the first time Minmin is going to Japan, second timer for me. So damn excited about the trip, as …

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