Sharing a 5-day, 4-night Osaka travel plan 🇯🇵🎌

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✨ Have fun traveling, eat to your heart's content, shop to your heart's content, a city of lights and deliciousness!

📌 Suitable for foodies, shoppers, theme park lovers, and those who want to travel to their heart's content in one city!

🚆 Traveling in Osaka

🚄 Fly to Kansai International Airport (KIX) ✈️
🚆 Use an IC Card (ICOCA, Suica, or Pasmo) or Osaka Amazing Pass
🚌 Use Osaka Metro & JR for the most convenient travel!

🌟 Day 1: Explore Osaka's main landmarks

🛬 Morning: Travel from the airport to the city 🚆
• Nankai Line (fastest) or JR Line → Get off at Namba or Tennoji
• Check in to your accommodation (recommended areas around Namba, Shinsaibashi, or Umeda)

🌆 Afternoon:
• Osaka Castle (大阪城) 🏯 Walk around the magnificent Osaka Castle
• Shitennoji Temple (四天王寺) ⛩️ An old temple in Osaka
• Shinsekai (新世界) 🎡 Walk around the chic old district and stop to eat kushikatsu (fried skewers)

🌙 Evening:
• Dotonbori (道頓堀) 🦀 Take a photo of the Glico sign Walk and eat street food
• Shinsaibashi (心斎橋) 🛍️ Shopping to your heart's content at Zara, Uniqlo, Adidas, etc.

🎢 Day 2: Explore Universal Studios Japan (USJ) 🏰

🎡 Full day:
• Enter the magical world at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter ⚡️
• Play exciting rides like Hollywood Dream, Jurassic Park, Spiderman, etc.
• End at Super Nintendo World 🍄 Take a photo with Mario & explore the new game zone

🍽️ Dinner:
• Come back to Namba and find something easy to eat, such as Ichiran ramen 🍜 or grilled meat

🏞️ Day 3: Visit Kobe for a day trip

🚆 Travel from Osaka to Kobe (about 25-30 minutes)

🌅 Morning:
• Kobe Harborland (Kobe Hareland) 🌊 Take a walk along the waterfront and take beautiful photos
• Meriken Park 🚢 Kobe's landmark Stop to take a picture of the “BE KOBE” sign

🥩 Lunch:
• Eat real Kobe beef 🥩 Recommended restaurants: Steakland Kobe or Wakkoqu

🌇 Afternoon:
• Kitano Ijinkan (北野異人館) 🏡 Walk around the European-style houses
• Take the Rokko Cable Car 🚡 See the view of Kobe from the top of Mt. Rokko

🚆 Evening: Return to Osaka, rest

🏮 Day 4: Visit temples-shrines & shop to your heart's content

🌅 Morning:
• Sumiyoshi Taisha (住吉大社) ⛩️ A beautiful shrine with a classic red bridge
• Osaka Tenmangu (大阪天満宮) ⛩️ Pray for success

🛍️ Afternoon:
• Shop at Umeda & Grand Front Osaka 🏬 A source of fashion brands & souvenirs
• Go up Umeda Sky Building 🌇 to see the sunset

🌙 Evening:
• Walk around Amerikamura (Amerikamura) 🎶 A hip area with trendy cafes and street fashion shops

🎌 Day 5: Take a leisurely stroll before returning to Thailand

🌅 Morning:
• Kuromon Ichiba Market (黒門市場) 🦐 Fish market & fresh food
• Namba Yasaka Shrine (難波八坂神社) 🦁 A very strange lion-headed shrine

🚆 Travel to Kansai International Airport (KIX) ✈️
• Nankai Express (fastest) or JR Haruka Line → Airport

💡 Tips:

✅ Buy Osaka Amazing Pass 🎫 if you travel a lot Use it to ride the train - enter the attractions for free! ✅ Stay around Namba or Umeda 🏨 Convenient transportation, easy to eat
✅ If you want to visit USJ, you have to book tickets in advance 🎢 Otherwise, you might miss the famous rides

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Post by A little snap | Jan 30, 2025