Previously:
We spent the next three days in Osaka before ending our Japan trip for this year. From Fukuoka to Shin-Osaka, it will take around two and half hour by Shinkansen. Then as we're staying at a hotel near Nagahoribashi Station, we needed to change and catch subway line to Shinsaibashi where is the next closest stop direct from Shin-Osaka. It could take approximately 5 minutes' walk from there where otherwise only one minute away from Nagahoribashi Station.
For JR Pass holder, you can make a seat reservation in advance and they will give you another ticket for that journey where it contains train name, departure and arrival date and time, car number and seat number. With Japan rail, it is very easy to find the platform and car as there would be information sometime on the floor or arrows to point whereabout the carriage number. So just simply follow the direction.
For me, Eki (station) and Eki bento (food sells in a station), they always come together. My shinkansen journey will feel incomplete without that ekiben. My daughter even got the shinkansen container food for her, but she accidentally opened the food thinking it was just a toy and a couple of sausages and fish cake decided to escape and run to the floor. What a shame 😞
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| You can also place your luggage at the back of the last seat |
We stayed at Best Western Hotel Fino Osaka for three nights. As I mentioned earlier that the closest subway station to this hotel is Nagahoribashi. But as we got off at Shin-Osaka Station from Hakata, we need to change twice to get to Nagahoriashi or otherwise, it is only one line subway ride to Shinsaibashi Station. From here, we then went out from exit number 2 and walked toward Crystal mall then kept staying in the underground level and walking toward exit 5. Once there, we went up to the ground level and the hotel is just in the next alley on our left.
The room, of course, it's clean and pretty much the standard of 3-star Japanese hotel with a business-style hotel interior and there is 7eleven just opposite the hotel. Beside good location and reasonable price, there is nothing spectacular about the hotel itself.
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| Interconnecting room with 4 single beds |
1 Chome 2-19 Higashishinsaibashi, Osaka
Ph: +81 6 6243 4055
Stay tuned for the next blog still in Osaka:
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