My first day in Japan! So this is my itinerary for Day 1!
Day 1:
Day 1:
• Reached Kansai airport at 7.20am.
• Breakfast @ airport
• Head to Craive New York @ Shinsaibashi to do hair
• Head to Osaka's apartment for check-in
• Dinner and shop around Osaka/Umeda station
You can read my review of my flight on Vietnam Airline >>here<<
Below are pictures of the food we had on the flight to Japan.
Once we are done from the immigration in Japan, we went to purchase ICOCA card (2,000 yen) and 1day Kansai Area Pass (2,060 yen) at JR ticket office as well as Kanku Chikatoku Ticket (1,000 yen) at Nankai Ticket Office at Airport 2F.
I highly recommend you research on the transportation route and passes you wish to utilise before heading to Japan as the transportation can be complicated and expensive! I used hyperdia to plan my route!
ICOCA card works the same way as our ezlink and this card can also be used for most transportation route in whole of Japan. The 1day Kansai Area Pass is to be used when we travel to Himeji. It is more worthwhile to get the Kansai pass as it is quite pricey to get there from Osaka. You can buy in at any JR office on the day you want to use it, but for me, I bought it in advance since I already planned the date we will be going Himeji. Kanku Chikatoku Ticket saves us 100 yen from the Airport to Shinsaibashi.
After that, we had a quick breakfast in the airport before heading to Craive New York. Sorry! Forgot the shop name, but it is located at Kansai Airport Terminal 1 Level 2. They were serving breakfast menu when we were there!
Then off we go to take the Nankai train to Craive New York! We had to transfer to subway Midosuji line at Namba. My review of Craive New York >>here<<
With our pretty hairs, we traveled to Fukushima station to check-in our Osaka apartment booked through Airbnb. The room was not ready when we reached there; our host was still cleaning the apartment. She was very cute; she didn't let us see the apartment at all. She told us that we can leave our luggage first and gave us the portable wifi and told us to come back later.
We went to have a late lunch instead at Negiyaki Yamamoto, outlet in Fukushima (ねぎ焼やまもと福島ほたるまち店). Detailed review and directions >>here<<
Negikayi is basically a variation of okonomiyaki, where green leeks(negi) replaces the cabbage. We ordered and shared one yaki-soba and one beef negiyaki! The chef cooks it first before placing them to the hotplate in front of us, so the food taste warm throughout. The yaki-soba tastes fantastic, albeit a bit salty. As for the beef negiyaki, it doesn't really suit my taste but my friend likes it. The negikayi is a bit mushy inside but the flavour is good. I prefer okonomiyaki! We saw a Japanese lady eating and finishing one negiyaki by herself and we were impressed! We didn't managed to finished ours even though we shared half each! Also, I personally feel that I get sick of the taste and texture rather quickly; I would not have been able to finish one myself!
We saw a mart selling a variety of stuffs after our meal and we went in! Bought some jelly, custards and ice cream! :D We ate ice cream while walking back to our apartment! Who cares if it is 10plus degrees outside! ;P
You can read my review of my flight on Vietnam Airline >>here<<
Below are pictures of the food we had on the flight to Japan.
Pork with rice
Omelette
Once we are done from the immigration in Japan, we went to purchase ICOCA card (2,000 yen) and 1day Kansai Area Pass (2,060 yen) at JR ticket office as well as Kanku Chikatoku Ticket (1,000 yen) at Nankai Ticket Office at Airport 2F.
I highly recommend you research on the transportation route and passes you wish to utilise before heading to Japan as the transportation can be complicated and expensive! I used hyperdia to plan my route!
Nankai Ticket Office is just beside JR office; in front of their ticket gate. You may refer here.
My ICOCA card!
ICOCA card works the same way as our ezlink and this card can also be used for most transportation route in whole of Japan. The 1day Kansai Area Pass is to be used when we travel to Himeji. It is more worthwhile to get the Kansai pass as it is quite pricey to get there from Osaka. You can buy in at any JR office on the day you want to use it, but for me, I bought it in advance since I already planned the date we will be going Himeji. Kanku Chikatoku Ticket saves us 100 yen from the Airport to Shinsaibashi.
After that, we had a quick breakfast in the airport before heading to Craive New York. Sorry! Forgot the shop name, but it is located at Kansai Airport Terminal 1 Level 2. They were serving breakfast menu when we were there!
Omelette Toast with salad and yogurt (I never realised Japanese liked yogurt!)
Then off we go to take the Nankai train to Craive New York! We had to transfer to subway Midosuji line at Namba. My review of Craive New York >>here<<
With our pretty hairs, we traveled to Fukushima station to check-in our Osaka apartment booked through Airbnb. The room was not ready when we reached there; our host was still cleaning the apartment. She was very cute; she didn't let us see the apartment at all. She told us that we can leave our luggage first and gave us the portable wifi and told us to come back later.
We went to have a late lunch instead at Negiyaki Yamamoto, outlet in Fukushima (ねぎ焼やまもと福島ほたるまち店). Detailed review and directions >>here<<
Store front
Yaki-soba!
Cute!
Beef Negiyaki!
Negikayi is basically a variation of okonomiyaki, where green leeks(negi) replaces the cabbage. We ordered and shared one yaki-soba and one beef negiyaki! The chef cooks it first before placing them to the hotplate in front of us, so the food taste warm throughout. The yaki-soba tastes fantastic, albeit a bit salty. As for the beef negiyaki, it doesn't really suit my taste but my friend likes it. The negikayi is a bit mushy inside but the flavour is good. I prefer okonomiyaki! We saw a Japanese lady eating and finishing one negiyaki by herself and we were impressed! We didn't managed to finished ours even though we shared half each! Also, I personally feel that I get sick of the taste and texture rather quickly; I would not have been able to finish one myself!
We saw a mart selling a variety of stuffs after our meal and we went in! Bought some jelly, custards and ice cream! :D We ate ice cream while walking back to our apartment! Who cares if it is 10plus degrees outside! ;P
The soda ice cream was surprising nice! MUST-TRY!
The watermelon ice cream taste quite normal; full of chocolate bits; but it looks cool!
We finally checked-in our apartment! My review of my stay in Japan >>here<<
At night, we cycled to Osaka station to walk around. Osaka station is so big and complicated, we tend to get a bit lost there >.< We went to the Pokémon centre (lvl 13) at Daimaru. It has a variety of Pokémon items there! Dolls, stationary, key chains, etc. I didn't find anything that interest me to buy though.. or maybe I'm just too tired.. We did take a midnight flight to Japan!
We also visited Uniqo at that same floor. Uniqlo items are cheaper in Japan than Singapore. I bought some skirts and Heattech clothings! Somehow, the Heattech products seem low in stock.. You can miss out seeing them completely if you weren't actively looking like me! Just a rack here and a section there.. Are they all sold out?
The rest of the shops in Daimaru isn't very affordable, so we mostly walked around before cycling back to our apartment.
We bought onigiri from 7 eleven downstairs and ate them for dinner. We had our custards and jelly as well!
Onigiri
I think this is some caramel custard?
Strawberry custard, if I remember
Mixed fruits jelly and grape jelly
And... that's the end of Day 1!
