10 years ago, we went to Osaka for our honeymoon.
This time, we are going to Osaka, not just the both of us, with our kids, and also with darling's parents and sister. It is a 7D6N trip, all at Osaka. Did not want to be too adventurous, because darling's parents are getting old, yuanze and yuanyi may not have enough stamina.
Flew by SQ to Osaka. This time, Yuan Ze is very independent and he can go to the washroom on his own. Yuan Yi still need me to accompany him and I taught him exactly what to do. Hopefully the next flight, he can go to the washroom on his own. I enjoyed the inflight meal, especially the chasoba. Is always a good idea to pre-order the kid's meal for Yuan Ze and Yuan Yi as they can get the food first. The main course was normal, but their dessert (chocolate cake) and fruits platter were gobbled up first by both of them.
Reached Osaka and cleared the immigration very fast, in about 30 minutes. It is important to settle the Visit Japan Web QR codes beforehand. The moment we reach the immigration counter, we scanned the QR codes and passport at an automated counter, then go to a manned counter to let the immigration officer chop our passport, and we are done. And when we went to the luggage belt to collect our luggage, all our luggage is not on the belt, because the airport staff has brought down all the luggage to the floor. Japan efficiency at its finest.
And off we go, to our airbnb, via public transport. A bit worried, because we are all wheeling luggage, and we have the old parents and the young kids. Imagine if the old parents or the young kids go in the train, the train door closes, and the adults never get in the train, GG liao. So we set a SOP, darling will go in the train first, followed by everyone, and I will go in the last. Same thing when we exit the train, darling will exit first, followed by everyone, and I will exit last.
Yuan Yi can memorise some of the train station names. "Bentencho" "Asashiobashi" "Ebisucho" Then after reciting these names, he will LOL. I am glad to be able to create these beautiful memories for him.
Our first airbnb is about 3 min walk from Asashiobashi station. I first chose this airbnb because is near Universal Studios Japan, which we intend to go. And then nearing the trip, we see that USJ is packed with people, the entrance tickets and express passes are super expensive, we decided to give it a miss, and asked Yuan Ze and Yuan Yi if they are ok to go to another theme park that has lesser people and they agreed. LOL. This airbnb has free cancellation, but it has very good reviews and the pictures of the airbnb really look very nice, so I decided to go ahead with this airbnb, and it turned out to be a very good decision that I went ahead. The airbnb really had everything it described, and just opposite the airbnb there is a daiso, a supermarket, and kirindo drug store. Yuan Ze go to the daiso every night to buy stuff. The supermarket, according to darling is nothing much. But the kirindo drug store, omg is amazing. Many things to buy there, from medicine to snacks to groceries. We spent alot of time and money there. LOL.
