Osaka – Ricardopedia

Osaka 2019: Osaka Castle (大阪城)

I arrived back to Osaka late in the day and the train station I got off at was in the area close to Osaka Castle,…

My second big day trip from Osaka took me east to the town of Nara. From around 710 to 784 Nara was the capital of…

It was just after 7:00pm when I finally got back to Namba Station in Osaka and by the time I arrived at my hostel I…

When I exited Okunoin Temple it was around 5:00pm and I knew it was time to start the long journey back to Osaka. I took…

Most of my time during my three-night stay in Osaka would actually be spent outside the city, and on my first morning I walked down…

Before ending my first night in Osaka I got myself an ice cream treat from a shop called Ice Dog. Instead of ice cream in…

Any visit to Osaka is not complete without snacking on some of the city’s famous takoyaki. Although you can find takoyaki in various parts of…

Since I had spent much of my day at Mt Shosha in Himeji, I didn’t arrive in Osaka until the evening but I was able…

With my time on Shikoku over I was back again on Honshu and the next part of my journey would bring me to the region…

Three years ago today my first trip across Japan and Korea began. For six weeks I wandered all across both nations, spending four and a…