I pushed myself to write this blog fast, as some of my friends asked me about this traveling.
I could only say, finally it happened... finally we went to Japan ^^ it felt really long to make it happen hahahaha... I planned Japan to be my only journey in 2015 beside Bali, but God's plan is really not my plan (and I'm thankful), I went to many cities before Japan and it's another HoliWork ^^ I told you later in my next post ^^
I couldn't sleep as usual because I was too excited and stressed out because everyone put everything to me. I was afraid that the accommodation was too far away from station, I was afraid that it's not good as it's seen, I was afraid of my big brother because he's too demanding ^^
I was working on the H day, with so many things to handle, I felt really restless even until I arrived at the airport. Hahahaha... but because it's holiday, I promised myself that I wouldn't bring a laptop, my mobile phone was enough.
We arrived earlier as usual at Terminal 3. I planned to meet Nani before we checked in. Nani was also stressed out because at that time Palembang had a fogging problem and many flights were canceled. Yup, her flight was delayed until none know, so she bought new GA ticket from agent, which was the right decision ^^
At 18.35 we went to KL, transited for almost 5 hours, which were enough for us to look at the KL Airport, ate, slept, etc.. Hahahaha... OK, it's quite boring for me ^^ Then we continued to Osaka at 01.00. It's a really smooth flight, I spent time with sleeping as I always do on every flight.
We arrived on time at Kansai International Airport. We were so careless, that we cleaned ourself first and were not going directly to the immigration check. OMG, the queued was really long. It took us more than 2 hours and made my big brother who arrived earlier, waiting for us without knowing anything. It's a real lesson learned when I went to Japan again. That's why our plan for the first day was ruined.
When we finally passed the immigration gate, I looked out information how to get to the city and decided to buy Haruka Icoca Card which provided us a ticket from Kansai International Airport to Osaka and Icoca Card with a value of 2,000 Yen. It's really a great option for us. The design of the card was also cute ^^
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| Kansai Airport Station, on the left we can buy the card and on the right is the gate |
After buying Haruka Icoca Card package, we went directly to the station to take JR Haruka Limited Express from KIX to Tennoji Station. From Tennoji Station, we changed to Tanimachi Line towards Dainichi, get off at Miyakojima Station (10 stops). Then we took Exit 1, walked around 500 m to go to Cozy House For Family.
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| our way to Cozy House for Family |
Note: if you want to stay here and you have big luggage, just use another exit with elevator
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| Today's total cost in Rupiah |
Because we're really hungry, we ate at the nearest restaurant outside Exit 1. Below what my bro ate for lunch. It seemed so fresh, right?
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| sushi set for lunch |
Then we continued our journey to find the house. The house is worth for the price. It's new, it' big, it has a dryer, it provides bicycle, its surrounding is nice. The owner's father met us and explain how to use things in their house. He was really helpful and loved to smile. I definitely will come back to this house later if I went to Osaka.
After a short break, we went to Osaka Castle. My brother said that it's only 15 minutes walk, so we decided to walk. As usual, it's google walk, and if we, Indonesian, walked, it's more than that hahaha... usually because we stopped, took pictures and walked slowly :D
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| sunset in Osaka Castle |
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| the scenery of city we took from the castle |
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| too bad all stores already closed |
We arrived late, so the Castle already closed and we couldn't see inside the wall. But we were quite satisfied with the outside scenery. It's really beautiful.
Then, after that, we went to Dotonburi, to see Glico Man. Wowww it's really crowded and full of people. We tried the street food, ehm, actually all was Takoyaki... because you know, when you are in Osaka, you have to eat Takoyaki. Then we had a dinner separately, my brother and I tried Sushi, while Nani - my mom - dad tried ramen. The sushi was really fresh, a lil bit expensive, but worth the price.
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| famous icon where you can see when they talked about Dotonburi |
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| another famous icon where you can see when they talked about Dotonburi |
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| finally, we found it, after a long walk |
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| another sushi set for dinner |
After dinner, we walked around there and found Donki. It sold all kind of souvenirs, snacks. Hahahaha... we bought a lot and came back home with smile :D
