Hello, David. I plan to stay in Osaka for only half a night and half a day. My plan is to land at Kansai Airport at 2 PM, and I have already booked a hotel in Shin-Imamiya. We will check out the next day and move to Kyoto. What I want to visit in Osaka are Dotonbori, Osaka Castle, and Shinsaibashi-suji. Could you please advise on where to start first? Thank you so much, David.
Hi, thanks for the question! Well, after you arrive and check in to your hotel it might be after 16pm already, so my advice is to take the JR Loop line to Osakajokoen Station (or Morinomiya if you want to walk in the park a bit longer) and see Osaka Castle. I think you’ll be too late to go inside but don’t worry about it, the outside of the castle is enough. After that, go to Shinsaibashi (if you walk back to Morinomiya you can take the subway directly on the Nagahori Tsurumi Ryokuchi line). Shinsaibashi-suji runs parallel to the main road, if you exit at Daimaru dept store, it’s on the non-road side. Shinsaibashi-suji starts at Dotonbori so if you follow it south you’ll get to Dotonbori, which is the best/easiest place to find some dinner! Have a great trip!
Hello, David. I plan to stay in Osaka for only half a night and half a day. My plan is to land at Kansai Airport at 2 PM, and I have already booked a hotel in Shin-Imamiya. We will check out the next day and move to Kyoto.
What I want to visit in Osaka are Dotonbori, Osaka Castle, and Shinsaibashi-suji.
Could you please advise on where to start first? Thank you so much, David.
Hi, thanks for the question! Well, after you arrive and check in to your hotel it might be after 16pm already, so my advice is to take the JR Loop line to Osakajokoen Station (or Morinomiya if you want to walk in the park a bit longer) and see Osaka Castle. I think you’ll be too late to go inside but don’t worry about it, the outside of the castle is enough. After that, go to Shinsaibashi (if you walk back to Morinomiya you can take the subway directly on the Nagahori Tsurumi Ryokuchi line). Shinsaibashi-suji runs parallel to the main road, if you exit at Daimaru dept store, it’s on the non-road side. Shinsaibashi-suji starts at Dotonbori so if you follow it south you’ll get to Dotonbori, which is the best/easiest place to find some dinner!
Have a great trip!