Thursday, 23 October 2025

Japan 2025 - Part 3

Going To Osaka
 
Monday - October 6th 2025
 
After one night we left Tokyo already behind to travel to Osaka. First we checked out and then we headed to the nearest Starbucks across the street. There we had a quick breakfast before taking the Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Shin-Osaka Station. Of course we got some snacks for the train ride, since it would take about three hours to arrive in Osaka. From Osaka Station we took the Expo Liner to our hotel at Universal City. We were a bit early and so our room wasn't ready yet. We left the luggage at the hotel and took the metro to Dontonbori District. There we stopped at Pivot Base, a vegetarian restaurant, for lunch. The food was okay, but nothing special. Afterwards we just strolled around Dontonbori and checked out the shops and tried some mochis. Next stop was Don Quijote, a huge store we knew already from Malysia, where you can buy basically everything. 
 
Starbucks

Starbucks

Onigiri and Oi Ocha Tea

The Singulari Hotel at Universal Studios Japan

Osaka

Osaka

Pivot Base Restaurant

Lunch

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Mochi

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Don Quijote

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Don Quijote

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Dontonbori

Since it was already afternoon and there wasn't much else to do, we decided to head back to Universal City to check in to our hotel. In Osaka we stayed at The Singulari Hotel & Sky Spa at Universal Studios Japan right next to Universal CityWalk. Our room was really lovely, quite spacious and offered a nice view over Osaka harbour, what I really liked. After we refreshed a little bit, we headed out to Universal CityWalk, where we got a beer at a bar before taking the train back into the city to get dinner. We found a ramen restaurant called Moon And Back in a shopping mall that was quite popular for its plant based ramen soups. Although we had to wait quite some time to get our food, the ramen soups were really delicious. Afterwards we checked out the rest of the shopping mall and before returning to our hotel we got two cookies at Ben's Cookies for later. From the hotel shop we picked up a can of beer and enjoyed a relaxing evening in our room.

Our Room

View from our Room

Beer Bar

Beer

Osaka

Osaka

Ramen Soup
 
Beer
 

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