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My sweet home

Onigawara

Onigawara

After my meeting in Osaka on Friday, we caught the bullet train from Osaka to my sweet home, 40mins away from Tokyo Station.

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Tastes like chicken

Torafugu

We ate fugu and lived to bring you this post!

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Shopping in Osaka

Shinsaibashi-suji

Shinsaibashi-suji

Shinsaibashi is easy to navigate, a little like Melbourne, where the main department stores are in the intersection of the CBD, with smaller shops in the laneways.

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Desserts

Naoki

Naoki

Before we set off separately for the afternoon, we had tea and cakes at the lobby lounge of Hotel Nikko

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Good morning Osaka

A groggy Naoki

A groggy Naoki

With only one full day in Osaka, we didn’t waste time sleeping in.

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Late arrival in Osaka

Hotel Nikko Osaka

Hotel Nikko Osaka

We’ll definitely return to Hotel Nikko Osaka if we’re ever back here in Osaka. Service is impeccable, and the hotel sits right in the middle of the shopping strip in Shinsaibashi.

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From Sydney to Gold Coast to Osaka – tsukareta

10 hour flight

15 hours of delay and transit from Sydney to Osaka

Here we are again, continuing the journey from Australia to Osaka on flight JQ19.

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Views from Amora Jamison

View from Amora Jamison

The Observatory Park and Observatory Hotel. Walsh Bay in the background

We were 5 hours ahead of the usual check-in time, but we secured a room after an hour of waiting anyway.

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From Melbourne to Sydney

Melbourne to Sydney

Princess Leia, is that chu?

Naoki and I are in 54J and 54K aboard flight QF0416 from Melbourne to Sydney. The great adventure begins…

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All our bags are packed; we’re ready to go.

Packed, and ready to go

Packed, and ready to go

That’s it. In another 8 hours, we’ll be off to Sydney for a night, then Osaka the following day (stopover in Gold Coast just before).

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