Review: Gyukatsu Motomura Restaurant, Namba 3-Chome (Osaka, Japan)

As my husband and I were staying nearby at Mercure Tokyu Stay Osaka Namba, we decided to take a walk around the Dotonbori area and look for a dinner spot. We chanced upon this restaurant with a super long queue and I recognized it to be the highly recommended one from a Telegram group chat. … More Review: Gyukatsu Motomura Restaurant, Namba 3-Chome (Osaka, Japan)

Review: Mercure Tokyu Stay Osaka Namba Hotel (Osaka, Japan)

Ever since I saw the launch of this relatively new hotel on Accor, I had my eye on trying it out at some point! A collaboration between Accor’s midscale Mercure brand and Japanese long-stay brand Tokyu Stay, this pioneering dual-branded hotel opened for business in December 2022. It is situated in a really convenient spot, … More Review: Mercure Tokyu Stay Osaka Namba Hotel (Osaka, Japan)

Review: Sunrise Express Sleeper Train – Sunrise Seto (Osaka To Tokyo, Japan)

The Sunrise Express is a pair of overnight sleeper trains, Sunrise Seto and Sunrise Izumo, jointly operated by JR Central and JR West. Sunrise Seto runs between Tokyo and Takamatsu while Sunrise Izumo runs between Tokyo and Izumo. Both these limited express trains are coupled together for a portion of the journey, and then decouple at … More Review: Sunrise Express Sleeper Train – Sunrise Seto (Osaka To Tokyo, Japan)

Review: Rinku-No-Yu Public Bathhouse, Rinku Pleasure Town SEACLE Shopping Mall (Osaka, Japan)

Rinku-No-Yu is a public bathhouse conveniently located just one train stop away from Kansai International Airport, where my husband and I touched down that afternoon. We planned to take the Sunrise Express sleeper train later at night, so we needed a place to chill at in the meantime and take a nice shower before boarding … More Review: Rinku-No-Yu Public Bathhouse, Rinku Pleasure Town SEACLE Shopping Mall (Osaka, Japan)