Over Labor Day weekend Matt and I took our first vacation to mainland Japan. We traveled with our friends to the beautiful city of Osaka. We used the agency IACE Travel to book our trip, and the whole experience was easy peasy. They booked the flights, the airport transfers, and the hotel for us in advance. The main attraction for our group was the newly opened Wizarding World of Harry Potter inside the Universal Osaka theme park, so the travel agency reserved a hotel within a five minute walk of the theme park and included a ticket as well. The entire hotel had a Jurassic Park theme to match the ride inside the park.
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| The view from our room. I can see Hogwarts Castle! |
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| The screen in the lobby that reports on wait times for every ride. |
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| The animatronic dinosaur in the lobby! It moved! |
The first night we explored the shops and restaurants of Universal City Walk right outside the theme park and hotel. We ate American food at Hard Rock Cafe Osaka. The second day was spent at the park riding rides and immersing ourself in wizard culture! The last day we took the train into the city and visited an owl cafe and Osaka Castle.
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| Burgers and BBQ ribs, yum! |
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| At the park! |
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| Jurassic Park was Matt's favorite movie growing up. |
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| He's happy. Can you tell? |
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| Green tea ice cream in Osaka! |
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| Owl Family Cafe |
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| Osaka Castle |
This was only our second vacation while living in Japan, and it was SO FUN! More details to come in following posts about places to see and things to do in the city of Osaka.
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