TRAVEL TO JAPAN (KANSAI): KYOTO, NARA, OSAKA (Jan 2018)
Konnichiwa, this blogspot serves as a summary of my whole winter Japan trip and to blog about some miscellaneous stuff. All related posts can be found below: 1. KYOTO PART I 2. KYOTO PART II 3. NARA 4. OSAKA: Kuromon Market 5. OSAKA: Universal Studio Japan 6. OSAKA: Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan 7. OSAKA: Momofuku Ando Cup Noodles Museum 8. WHAT WE ATE IN JAPAN TRIP TO: Osaka --> Kyoto --> Nara --> Osaka DATE : 21 JAN - 30 JAN 2018 SEASON : Winter Companion : Fellow colleagues x4 We took the promo economy flight by AirAsia this time. Landed in Osaka Kansai Airport (KIX). The weather was really good and it was actually not really cold when we landed (I wonder why). We didn't even put on our jacket. First stop was to buy the ICOCA card and HARUKA pass. ICOCA serves as Touch N' Go in Japan, and you can even use it to pay in konbini or vendor machines, while Haruka is the Kansai airport express bound to Kyoto, Shin-osaka & Tennoji. For our f...