SmallLuxyryHotels http://www.slh.com
Relais&Chateaux http://www.relaischateaux.com
Last train from Kansai International Airport.
head of the train is the nearest exit to take OsakaCitySubway in NambaStation.
JAN 27 thu 2011
2247 DEP Kansaiairport (NankaiLine:890JPY)
2256 ARR IzumiSano
2308 DEP IzumiSano
2342 ARR NankaiNamba
2349 DEP Namba (OsakaCitySubway"SenNichiMae-Line":200JPY)
2352 ARR NishiNagahori
JAN 27 thu 2011
2305 DEP Kansaiairport (NankaiLine:890JPY)
2349 ARR NankaiNamba
2357 DEP Namba (OsakaCitySubway"MidouSuji-Line":200JPY)
2358 ARR Shinsaibashi
0005 DEP Shinsaibashi (OsakaCitySubway"NagahoriTsurumiRyokuchi-Line")
0008 ARR NishiNagahori
hostel64 http://www.hostel64.com/access/index.html
[DOMITORY] 3900JPY- [DOUBLE] 8900JPY for1 10800JPY for2
hotel T'POINT http://www.tpoint.co.jp/top.php
[SINGLE] 8000JPY
ArtistInResidenceOSAKA http://www.namura.cc/air.html
[SINGLE] 2730JPY
Japan Rail Pass http://www.japanrailpass.net/
(28300JPY for 7days)
JR Shinkansen Osaka-Tokyo 13850JPY, Hakata(Fukuoka)-Tokyo 22120JPY
Nightbus Osaka-Tokyo around 5000JPY, Fukuoka-Tokyo 10000JPY
Zagat Survey Japan http://www.zagat.com/Verticals/BrowseSubLocation.aspx?GS=GeoParentID|56&GN=Japan
Japan Restaurant Guide http://www.gnavi.co.jp/en/index.htm
Tokyo Restaurants http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/japan/tokyo/restaurant-listings.html
english magazine in Kansai area http://www.kansaiscene.com
Tokyo Art Beat http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/index.en
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at first, please check this website.
http://www.ih-osaka.or.jp/enjoy/en/index.html
1.You need address to buy a mobile phone.
-> go Yodobashi Camera Umeda to have Softbank mobile phone.
they will accept foreign credit card.
2.It will be better for you to have ICOCA (in Kansai area).
->auto dispenser of JR west will issue the card. you need 2000JPY at least.
you can use the card when you take trains, subway, city bus.
in Osaka city, subway after bus or bus after subway will be discounted as 100JPY.
90min transfar from 1st bus to 2nd bus is free.
so bus-bus-subway, subway-bus-bus cost just 300JPY.
3.You need a residence card to open a bank account.
-> go city (ward) office to have a residence card.
4.If you are a challenged, you can have a card for challenged ppl.
5.If you want to go Tokyo from Osaka,
it costs at least 4000JPY(nightbus), 13200JPY(JR-ShinKansen).