So Alhamdulillah I finally got a chance to go to Japan this year (bought the ticket using my first pay - been broke since then). This trip is for 10days, covering OSAKA and TOKYO, using JR Pass and our accomodation is fully using AirBnb.
5th October 2018 (Friday)
Our flight was at 2pm, and supposedly to arrive around 9pm in Kansai Airport. But we touch down at 9.30pm, and the custom check was really a long queue, all we want is to check in quickly since its already late and..you're at a foreign country! Since our JR pass is only for 7 days, we decided to use it on our third day in Japan, and just use normal ICOQA card for the first two days in osaka (its like our malaysian touch and go, but I borrowed from my aunt, buying that would cost you around 2000yen - if I'm not mistaken).
Excited to see Japan!
Since we live close by Kohama Station, so we took the metro straight from the airport station. Took us around 50minutes + 10minutes walking to our Airbnb and cost around 1000yen. Clearly the in flight meal is not sufficient, we decided to go out to the nearest Family Mart and purchase halal Onigiri! (Do some research to help you find out halal foods at convenience store, clearly helps us in case of emergencies - read: lapar gila)
Edited: Our Airbnb : https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/21520505?s=51
I realised that rooms or houses in Osaka is bigger than those in urban areas such as Tokyo. We really love our accommodation in Osaka. They have a common room and also the kitchen, which we fully utilize (we even cook nasi lemak there).
So the next day, we decided to go to Nara, as per my itenary. I'll share my full itenary after I've posted all okey? Mind you, cook some foods peeps, halal food is hard to find here.
Our nasi goreng sardin + serunding mama! Life savior!
We took the normal train (not shinkansen) to Nara, took us around 1 hour 50 minutes.
Let me give you some tips here:
1) Use Google Direction Map. Just google your destination, click direction and put in your exact location - for us, we will always put in the train station name, easier.
2) This navigation is the BEST! forget waze, unless you're using a car. Other than that, use this. THIS! It is so accurate it helps us a lot. Plus Japanese train has soooooo many platforms you'll get lost and confuse. Fret not, by using this, you'll also know the platform you need to go.
When we arrived, its already noon. Since we took our time that morning, cooking and all. Considering its saturday, its not packed with tourist/local. Its totally free to enter the park, you just have to spend for the deer's food (optional).
Hello N A R A ❤
Tips: They're aggressive, put the biscuits in your bag and just take out one at a time.
They bite, careful! My shirt was bitten, and mind you....their saliva eww.
There's a lot of attractions near the park, just prepare a comfortable shoes.
Nara Park is behind me, see..its uphill. Good luck walking guys.
We decided to eat our nasi goreng in front of the lake.
We bought this at the store near Nara Park, its around 200 yen.
Limited edition coke, around 250yen (don't remember).
That night, we went to Dotonbori. It was lit, somewhat like our Jonker Walk in Malacca.
With the famous Glico Man. (Nampak mcm takde orang kan, haa actually ramai gila!)
Takoyaki Checked!
xoxo,
Aiesya ❤
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