We decided to fly to Hokkaido from Osaka instead of taking the train as we wanted to save the time spent on traveling. We flew on Peach Airways, one of Japan’s low cost carrier…

Kushikatsu is one of the local delicacy of Osaka and you can find quite a number of joints selling this. It is basically pieces of food on skewers that is battered and deep fried.…

We had a sashimi craving so we decided to drop by Osaka Central Fish Market. We alighted at Noda Station and it was a long walk to the fish market. Much to our disappointment, we…

While a visit to Arashiyama is usually done in conjunction with Kyoto, a day-trip from Osaka is actually very possible as well. We left Shin-Imamiya station and transferred to a…

We decided to try Kobe Beef at Steakland, a teppanyaki chain serving Kobe Beef at a very reasonable price. There are a few Steakland outlets located around Sannomiya Station, and…

We only brought one-way tickets for the ropeway as we wanted to walk down from the top through the Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens back to Shin-Kobe Station. The staff at the ticketing…

We transferred to the local train and alighted at Kyobate station as we wanted to explore the Naramachi Area in the morning before exploring Nara Park. Alighting at Kyobate, we…

We walked into Chibo without knowing that it was a local Okonomiyaki Chain. Honestly when I went into Chibo, I did not have much expectations of the food as I wasn’t a huge fan of…

One of the constant thing that we did throughout our entire trip was running around the train station trying to catch our transfer train. While it wasn’t as big a problem for some…