Day eleven
We only had this hotel for one night (about 18 hours in reality due to the tight check-in and out times) and it was the most expensive of the trip at 21,000 yen due to everything being full for Japan Culture Day, but at least breakfast was included. We stayed at a Japanese hotel chain called APA which is their equivalent of Premier Inn – budget (for Japan) but tiny hotels with all the trimmings.
By 10am we were standing on another train platform trying to get across Osaka to our next APA hotel and last of the trip in the Namba district.
Osaka has rough around the edges feel, a little more lively, edgy, and down to earth than Tokyo which was very shiny, sanitized, and a hub of business and commerce. Since we couldn’t check in, we left our luggage at the hotel and went for a walk through the busy walking streets around the Tsutenkaku Tower, Osaka’s iconic landmark.
This massive bazaar of restaurants, arcades, souvenir shops, and general tourist tat was heaving due to the long weekend so we escaped to the city park for some solitude among the meticulously kept trees and shrubbery.
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To follow: More from Osaka.