we flew by cathay pacific, stop over at hong kong for 2.5 hours, and reach osaka at around 12 pm. then we went to purchase the 2-days Osaka Amazing Pass and 2-days Kansai Through Pass at the tourism counter. and then we went to JR station to purchase our icoca haruka card. icoca card is like our ezlink card. haruka is a special 2-way ticket to travel between kansai international airport and osaka/kyoto. so we used the haruka from kansai to osaka on day 1, and from kyoto back to kansai on the final day.
our airbnb accommodation is 6 bus stops away from nishikujo train station. nishikujo is a very quiet town. i love its peacefulness and tranquility.
we decided to rest early because the next day we are going to Universal Studios!
we bought the express pass 5. express pass is very useful because it minimise queue time by more than half. we are totally thankful for buying the express pass because the queues at some of the rides are CRAZY.
