Pra-Osaka Part 2

Ok. This actually still in an early stage of planning. Masih tak tahu apa nak lawat dekat Osaka dan how is Osaka. This is just a talk of note yang akan digunakan untuk sesi mari melawat Osaka kelak.

Osaka is located on the main island of Honshu, roughly in the center of Japan, in Kansai region, one of a region in Japan. Kata si wiki, Japan consist of 8 main region which is Hokaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku dan Kyushu with famous city yang maybe kita biasa dengar macam Sapporo in Hokkaido, Sendai in Tohoku, Tokyo & Yokohama in Kanto, Nagoya & Mt Fuji in Chubu, Osaka & Kyoto in Kansai, Hiroshima in Chugoku, Matsuyama in Shikoku & Fukuoka in Kyushu.

Osaka sendiri consist of 33 buah city termasuk Osaka City, yang lebih dikenali sebagai Osaka. Jarak antara Osaka dan Tokyo dalam 500 km++ dengan 1 jam 55 minit menaiki Shinkasen Nozomi, 3 jam lebih shinkasen Hikari or Tokaido, 5 jam naik kereta & 1 jam naik flight. A shinkasen would cost dalam RM13 - 14 ribu yen, which is dalam 500 to 600 hengget Malaysia oke!

Osaka ni pulak dibahagikan kepada wards, macam Tokyo ada 23 while Osaka ada 24. Kita wards adalah merupakan administrative centre of Osaka.

Apa yang boleh di lawat dekat Osaka ni hah? Menurut inchik tenet through inchik google, hera are places yang boleh kita dilawati ;

Kita-ku (City North)
Umeda area , Umeda Sky Building - The Floating Garden Observatory @ 800 yen & Shin Umeda City
Ofune Camome cruising boat @2,100 yen
Diamor Osaka underground mall of Umeda
Tenjimbashi- Suji Japan's longest shopping street stretches approx. 2.6 km
HEP Five, a shopping complex with a bright red Ferris wheel on its roof @500 yen
Chayamachi popular downtown district for young people
Kids Plaza @1400 yen adult/ 800 yen kids
Don Quijito shop for everything

Minami (City South)
Kuidaore Taro, Dotonbori-ten for souveniers
Naniwa Mebutsu Ichibiri-An Namba-ten for souveniers
Namba Nan Nan  underground shopping mall
Naniwa Tanken Cruise (Osaka River Cruise) @3000 yen adult / 1000 yen kids for 1.5 hr
Tombori River walk
Dotombori commercial street
America-mura (American Village) for shopping
Shinshaibashi suji Shotengai

Nakanoshima
Nakanoshima park

Bay Area
Universal City Walk Osaka Shopping
Osaka Takoyaki Museum
Osaka Prefecture Goverment Sakishima Office Observatory (Cosmo Tower) @500 yen
Tempozan Ferris Wheel @800 yen (3y above)
Tempozan Market Place
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan @2300 yen
Osaka City Construction Bureau Maishima Sludge Center for free
Universal Studios Japan  6,980yen

Osaka Castle,Tsurumiryoukuchi
Osaka Castle Park
Kema Sakuranomiya Park
Tsurumiryokuchi Expo '90 Commemorative Park

Tennoji (Abeno), Shinsekai & Shinimamiya
Abeno Market Park Q's Mall
Shinsekai retro downtown area
Soribashi (Taikobashi of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine) red bridge