Comments on: So what’s so great about Osaka

By: Living in Osaka: How this site came to be

Living in Osaka: How this site came to be — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:38:33 +0000

[...] and news. So after much procrastination on the subject I finally put up my first post “So what’s so great about Osaka” on 26th January. And that’s the story of how this site came to [...]

By: Ian Cheung

Ian Cheung — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:40:32 +0000

wh,
I’ve never made it to Wakayama but the beaches sound tempting. I will be adding a lot more about famous and not so famous places to visit here in Osaka.

shay,
I spend half my free time in Yodobashi camera The other half is spent in DenDen Town. :p Intex rocks for special events like the car shows and Summer Sonic.
Next time you’re in town, let’s meet up for a bev or two.

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:42:13 +0000

Hi Ian! You’re characteriztion of Osaka is really good. I only spent a few nights but here are some of my impressions…

I thought the subway system in Osaka was really nice. Plenty of underground shopping was a good addition as well. I visited the area of Intex Osaka, Cosmo Square and was really impressed by the new development going on there.

I spent half a day wandering around the train station area (we checked out of our hotel and had to wait to catch the bus to go back to Kumamoto ). I spent New Year’s eve wandering around that area and spent a lot of time in Yodobashi Umeda and other places in the area.

Like you said, since Osaka is in the Kansai/Kinki area, it’d be good to make the connection to that. I was amazed how quick the train ride from Kyoto to Osaka was. Osaka is a good point to branch out and talk about other cities as well.

Okay, I’ll stop myself . I’m looking forward to this new blog. がんばってね。

- Shay

By: wh

wh — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:18:19 +0000

I’ll totally agree with you about the people who live in Osaka as being a positive point for living there. I’ve found Japanese people in general to be very friendly, even in a very bustling city like Tokyo but there is nothing like meeting new people in Osaka.

I’ll also agree with the convenience of living there if you want to do small trips to other famous Japanese areas. It used to take me an hour or less depending on the train schedule to visit places like Kyoto, Nara and Kobe as well as the coast/mountain regions of Wakayama and Koyasan. All of these places are different from one another and provide different views and aspects of Japan.

As you well know I’m planning on moving back to Japan, in particular Osaka, sometime early next year. I’m looking to hopefully be able to work and live somewhere along the Nankai train line as the various cities/towns on that line are very agreeable to me and very convenient. It doesn’t hurt that I have many friends who live in that area (particularly in Sakai City) and it’s very easy to get to downtown Osaka (Namba & Shinsaibashi) on the Nankai.

Great idea for a blog Ian and I look forward to reading more thoughts and adding my own.