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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| I'll be in Osaka for 2 weeks with a $1000 Canadian budget. I'll be visiting friends |
That's about US$860. I assume you won't be staying with your friends all 14 days, so you have to plan on lodging and meals elsewhere. That's not a lot of money. You could easily burn US$70-100 a day, mostly on lodging.
Are you willing to stay in hostels or capsule hotels?
Do you have a JR Rail Pass? Can you get one, even for a week?
Haven't your friends schedule or recommended anything in Osaka? I mean, that's where they live.
What are you interested in seeing/doing? What aren't you interested in? |
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: osaka sightseeing |
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| I don't know if I would recommend visiting Osaka castle, it is a rebuilt concrete version, Nijo castle in Kyoto is much better or the Himeji castle mentioned earlier (this last is much farther away, though). |
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gaijinalways
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: osaka sightseeing |
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| I don't know if I would recommend visiting Osaka castle, it is a rebuilt concrete version, Nijo castle in Kyoto is much better or the Himeji castle mentioned earlier (this last is much farther away, though). |
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YoungBuck
Joined: 18 Mar 2005
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Location: Hangzhou, China
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for all the replies
ive been in Osaka for a couple days. A little disappointed by the inside of Osaka castle (was expecting to look like, well, a castle) but the surrounding area was nice.
Im currently writing from an internet cafe at 5 in the morning. I went out bar hunting to the area that I was told was good for that. Sure, I found plenty of bars. Quite a few didnt let me in. One lady even said I wasnt allowed in because im not Japanese. Wasnt too happy about that.
ive noticed all the bars here are extremely small. is this accurate, or am I just in a weird area? As for the area Im in, I have no idea at the moment. This will be an adventurous trip back to where Im staying!
Ill be going to Nara today to see some sort of fire festival. Anyone else heard of this_? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| YoungBuck wrote: |
thive noticed all the bars here are extremely small. is this accurate, or am I just in a weird area? As for the area Im in, I have no idea at the moment. This will be an adventurous trip back to where Im staying!
Ill be going to Nara today to see some sort of fire festival. Anyone else heard of this_? |
The bars you are going into are snack bars and are extremely expensive. Just to sit down will cost you $50 and those little peanuts they give you are $10. Normally you need to go with someone and you pay for the young pretty hostess to make polite conversation with you. Hard to do if you dont speak Japanese.
The fire festival is "yamayaki" where the Nara fire brigade burn off the hillside near Todaiji temple. Worth a look if you are a closet arsonist and like large scale brush fires.
here is a photo of the yamayaki fire
Sorry the other one I know is at the temple next to Todaiji called "Nigatsudo" where guys carrying big long poles that are set on fire stand on the balcony and wave the fiery embers over the crowd below. Potentially dangerous as they are red hot but its supposed to bring good luck. |
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: sights |
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There is something similar in Kyoto in the summer, they burn a big 'Dai' character on the hillside, a lot of drinking outside, some at expensive restaurants with a outside balcony overhanging the river.
For bars, try near the station, I seem to remember there are a lot of restaurants and bars there (common in most Japanese cities). |
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casual
Joined: 13 Oct 2003
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[quote="Hoser"]Ughh. Shrines, shrines and more shrines. That's the only thing the japanese can ever reccommend. I feel like telling them that shrines are boring. Oh well, I suppose if I ever run into any Japanese tourists back in Canada I'll return the favour and tell them to head on down and check out my local Catholic church and if that doesn't satiate them, the Presbyterian one and the Baptist one down the street.[/quote]
I agree, shrines arent exactly that appealing. I just took my girlfrriend to England recently and she commented that sight seeing in japan was nowhere near as good as England.
i live in osaka and the only thing worth coming for is the nightlife and shopping. There is nothing really worth seeing in my opinion. Or maybe i am just a philistine |
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