Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Osaka, Japan: Osaka Bay Area

Using the Osaka 2-day Unlimited Pass which is pretty Amazing (which explains why it is rebranded as the Osaka Amazing Pass in 2014).

I bought the entry ticket to the Kaiyukan, but other attractions in the Bay Area (and beyond) work great with the Pass, I visited in one day (and it was in winter, mind you!):

Near Kaiyukan:
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel
Cruise Ship Santa Maria

Beyond the Bay Area:
Osaka Castle
Hep 5 Ferris Wheel
Natural Hot Spring Naniwa no Yu

And the pass covers transportation too!

After I "dived" into the sea, it was time to take to the skies.

Osaka Bay Area

This is a nice touch!

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Even got a free beverage when I disembarked!

Osaka Bay Area

Then I took to the sea, with coupon 25. For a while, I felt like Christopher Columbus.

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

After that I hung around the Tempozan Marketplace Shopping Mall, and fell in love with Tokyo's little sister and her quirks (Maybe because I'm a younger sister myself?).

Osaka Bay Area

My sister's favourite snack, we call it bang bang ('b-ah-ng', meaning stick)

Osaka Bay Area

Takoyaki Snacks

Osaka Bay Area

Then I had some pipping hot Takoyaki from Naniwa Food Theme Street. I'm not sure if the manga inspired the shop or the shop inspired the manga, visit it for yourself to find out!

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

Osaka Bay Area

The only way to get me to eat octopus.


There is (I hope it's still there!) a little stand outside the mall selling cream puffs (Fujiya from Ginza, didn't see it when I was in Ginza though). And it was to-die-for!

Osaka Bay Area

Never found anything like it again (and I bought cream puffs everywhere in Japan I went after this)

Osaka Bay Area

More pictures are available on my Flickr (simply click any photo).

Cost: Varies
Access: 5-min walk from No. 1 Exit of Osakako Station, Subway Chuo Line


Related Posts:
My Japan Itinerary (December 2012)
Japan Day 9 – Osaka, Day 1:

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