timbrown@voyager.net (Tim Brown) wrote in message news:...
> 1) What is the easiest way to get to the Miyako Hotel in Osaka from
> KIX?
That's the Radisson in Tennoji? Hmmm... maybe train to Namba from the
airport, then subway to Uehommachi... Never been to the hotel myself,
though.
> 2) Does the hotel use american-style electric plugs? Broadband in all
> rooms?
Don't know. Japan uses two parallel pins at 110V and... let's see...
is Kansai on 50 or 60Hz? Shouldn't matter much to most modern electric
equipment built for 10% tolerances.
> 3) I'd like to see Kyoto Saturday, 5/22. Recommend a tour? If not
> what is the best way to get there?
Do it yourself. Subway to Osaka station. Train to Kyoto from Osaka
station. Get a tourist bus map from the non-Japanese Tourist Centre on
the 9th floor of the Isetan department store at Koto station. Get a
one-day tourist bus ticket from the hut outside Kyoto station. Go see
Nijo-jo, Kinkakuji, Kyomizudera, maybe Heian Shrine and have dinner in
Gion before going back.
> 4) Tourist recommendations in Osaka?
Hmmm. Amerika-mura for kitsch, Ebisubashi/dotonbori district at night
for a bit of flashy citylife (and the food), Osaka Castle park on
Sunday for those darn kids, and the outside of Osaka Castle and its
gardens is pretty too. I suppose it's much like any modern
megalopolis.
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Chris |