HÜBSCH JESS BABY

After 2 successful holidays to Hong Kong and Seoul with his close friends, Baby decided to make it a yearly travelling affair, and he arranged another vacation with his friends to Osaka this year. We met up with them at the airport at Terminal 2. We took a photo inside the waiting area before boarding the plane.   We took an afternoon flight with Singapore Airlines, and I had a pleasant 6 hours flight.  We arrived in Kansai International Airpo rt around 930pm local time. Japan is around an hour ahead in difference from Singapore's time.  Prior to our departure, we had purchased our express train tickets from the airport to Nankai Namba Station via KLOOK. We arrived within 35minutes and headed straight to the Swissotel Nankai Osaka which offers great luxury Japanese hospitality in an unsurpassed location . It is situated right above the Nankai Railway’s Namba Station - It's one of the busiest subway stations that connects to everywhere in Osaka as well as to the re...

My Osaka holiday post continues with my favorite Mentaiko Onigri as my brekkie! I spent most of time shopping at Shinsabashi Suji (shopping street) which is located fairly near Dotonburi. I picked up many chokers, hair accessories, socks as well as food items. I also obtained toiletries that ranged from the usual skincare, body-care, haircare and cosmetics too. Last but not least, I purchased apparel from Shimamura which is located at Imamiya, as well as the store ‘GU’, the Sister brand of Uniqlo. We had an early sushi lunch before heading down to  Osaka Castle by train, and it was the only sightseeing we did on this particular day. We were greeted by many food stalls and trucks at the food street before entering the main castle ground. The Castle tower is surrounded by impressive stone walls and moats.   We decided to have a light bite despite having a filling lunch at Shinsabashi, as we were attracted by the ni...