Last summer vacation, I travelled to Osaka, Japan with my friend for four nights and five days.
My friend and I arranged the trip all by ourselves so we had to book the airline tickets and the hotel. Before the trip, we met four to five times to confirm the plane, and to exchange our money to Japanese Yen. On the day we left for Japan, it was raining hard in Korea.
On the first day, we walked around the city of Osaka. We ate ramen and took pictures on the street.On the second day, we woke up early because we wanted to see the festival of Kyoto. The weather forecast said it would be raining, but it was actually very hot. We always carried a bottle of water while sightseeing at the temples of Kyoto.
On the third day, we went to Kobe. Kobe is very famous for its exotic buildings. We looked around the buildings and ate famous Kobe beef for lunch.
On the fourth day, we used the 'Osaka joo yoo pass' and it allowed us to travel comfortably.
The Osaka joo yoo pass is made for foreigners. It is very useful to purchase this ticket if you go to Osaka. Although the ticket is expensive, it can help you to travel more conveniently in Osaka.If you use it, you can enter the tourist facilities and use the subway for free. We used the ticket to go to Osaka castle, and went to Chutenkakoo observation tower. We ate sushi for dinner. It was fantastic! After dinner, we went to the Woomeda sky building. It is also an observation tower. In that place, we saw the night view of Osaka. It was fantastic too!
On our last day, we went shopping and went back to Kansai airport for our return trip to Korea.
Walking a lot, getting lost at times, and the hot weather of Japan made us very tired. But now, when I look back at our travel, Osaka gave us good memories.
by Kim Jee Youn, from Professor Dave Lee's class
