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Archive for: March 2007March 31, 2007 Places to stay in OsakaThere are a wide range of discounted quality hotels and hostels you can stay in around the Kansai area. Below are links to booking systems which offer discounted hotels. You can book online safely and securely and enjoy a cheaper … March 21, 2007 The Osaka Sumo BashoOsaka is one of the stops of the annual sumo championship. In typical Osaka style the leading sumo fighters usually take a knock or two and lose a match, which is great fun to watch and upsets the rankings … March 18, 2007 Finding a house or apartment in KansaiGetting a place can be a real pain in Japan. The real estate agents and building owners are fairly unwilling sometimes to rent a place to a foreigner, and if they do then often they require a massive non returnable … March 16, 2007 Learning Japanese in KansaiLiving in the country of the language you’re learning is a very quick and fun way to improve and advance your language skills. The Kansai reigon has many Japanese language schools which cater to a variety of levels and outcomes. The requirements … Orange Street, and America Mura OsakaA fashionable and up and coming area of Osaka is Orange Street. This is located just north of Namba station, about 10 minutes walk from the Ocat Building on Yotsubashi Street (go past the octagonal FM Osaka building). This area – … March 12, 2007 Osaka Love HotelsLove hotels are quite simply a very very Japanese experience. Although rooms rented by the hour in western countries tend to have a tacky seedy feel love hotels are a way of life here and you can experience some really wacky … March 9, 2007 Onsens or sentos – hot spring spas in Japan
Onsens are bigger baths … March 8, 2007 Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps pleaseWestern style pubs do exist in Japan and they are staffed by a mix of Westerners, and Japanese who are used to foreigners and their strange ways. In these pubs you can get real beer and pub grub from back home. … March 7, 2007 UmedaUmeda is the business hub of Osaka. Consequently there are lots of Hi-rise office buildings stuffed full of salarymen and Office Ladies (thats office workers to you and me) grinding away all day everyday. However the benefits of this are that … March 6, 2007 Osaka Subway
The Osaka Subway is, of course, color coded but the city planners have installed a little joke within the colors. For instance the main Mido Suji (red) and Tanimachi (purple) lines are colored … |
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The Japanese take their baths very seriously and most have a mini bath in their homes which is shared with the whole family (in strict order of hierarchy!) at night.
