2010 National Day, experiencing Costa Cruises with the "Top Leader". One day, I landed on Fukuoka in Japan and set foot on the Japanese territory for the first time.
2018 May Day, after 8 years, I chose to travel in Okinawa and entered Japan again.
2019 National Day, I chose the Kansai semi-freedom 7-day group in Japan. This time we finally landed in Honshu, Japan.
The so-called Kansai refers to the Kansai region of Japan. Compared with the Kanto region (Tokyo, Ibaraki Prefecture , Tochigi Prefecture , Gunma Prefecture , Saitama Prefecture , Chiba Prefecture ), it refers to the areas west of Seihara, including: Osaka Prefecture , Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture , Nara Prefecture , Wakayama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture , and Mie Prefecture.
Kansai region has one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan. It is an important economic center in western Japan. Its main industries are steel, textiles, chemicals, electronics, etc. There are many small and medium-sized enterprises in the region, with more than 30,000, many of which have more unique technologies and play an important role in the economic development of the Kansai region.
Kansai region accounts for more than 1/6 of Japan's GDP, and the total import and export volume accounts for one-fifth of Japan's import and export. Most of the trading partners come from Asia, North America and Europe, accounting for more than 80%.
China is the largest trading partner of the Kansai region. It mainly imports textile raw materials, auxiliary materials and food from my country, and exports synthetic fibers, semiconductors, steel, textiles, etc. to my country.
The so-called "semi-free travel" mainly refers to the itinerary. In addition to the two days of departure and return, the trip led by the travel agency, the remaining 5 days of the itinerary is arranged by the tour group two days ago, and then the three days of free travel, the team temporarily disbanded and each arranged its own tour itinerary. Round trip air tickets and accommodation are arranged by the travel agency.
Tourists like us do not want to go to the whole tour, and they are tired and unfree, and do not have the ability to arrange accommodation and air tickets throughout the tour abroad. They are most suitable for joining such a tour without worrying about round-trip flights and accommodation. The tours on the first two days can make us adapt to the local situation very well. In the next three days, we can arrange the itinerary according to our interests and preferences relatively freely. At the same time, when encountering problems or troubles, the two tour guides along the tour and the local tour will also provide help at any time.
September 28, 2019 (Saturday)
departure
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This service is a free service that comes with when taking out auto insurance . We used it many times and it feels very convenient.
We arrived at the airport earlier and took a short walk in the airport first. As the National Day approaches, the festival is full of joyful atmosphere. We can see many foreigners actively taking photos with our flower beds and promotional styles. We are also a little proud! I'll give you one too, keep a souvenir!
After the team gathered, the travel agency assigned a team leader to hold a simple meeting for everyone and introduced the main situation. The team leader's surname was Yu, and his speech was relatively straightforward and concise, and he was very simple and easy-going. When he first contacted the first day of junior high school, he felt that he was much more reliable than the tour guides of the last European tour. It added strong confidence to us successfully complete this trip!
Then it is to get the roaming treasure, checked luggage to get the boarding pass, pass the customs and security check. After a series of processes are completed, there is still some time before boarding. This time I know that this time is actually not enough. The "top leader" has to use this time to visit the duty-free shop! But she is not the only one. I think everyone is similar and they are walking around the duty-free shops. In fact, we can’t buy much of our own, so we mainly bring some things to our friends.
9:40, the plane takes off on time at 10:10. I asked how long is the "top leader" itinerary? She said it took 4 hours, and I murmured in my heart: Why did it take so long? I remember that it should be closer than many domestic travelers.
However, considering the authority of maintaining the "top leader", I did not raise any questions. I silently opened the guide manual we did in advance and checked it. Well, that's right, it's just two hours.
Two hours is fast, and on the plane it feels like eating a meal and drinking two glasses of water. The "top leader" is strange. Why is it so fast? I said it can arrive in two hours, but she said, "Why don't you refute me? I said: I thought you calculated by round trip... Haha "
Arrival
Japan time 11:10 Kansai International Airport (the time difference is 1 hour faster than Beijing).
Kansai International Airport, commonly known as Osaka Kansai Airport or Kansawa abbreviated as Kansawa, is the five Japanese national centers. One of the airports is an important international airport in the Osaka metropolitan area, one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan. It is jointly managed by three administrative units in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, namely Izumisano City (North), Tajiricho (Central) and Izumisan City (South).
As the main airport of the Osaka metropolitan area and Kansai area, it is adjacent to Kobe Airport and Osaka International Airport . It is located in the southeast of Osaka Bay, Quanzhou , which is 5 kilometers offshore offshore. On l2.
It should be mentioned in particular that Kansai International Airport is the world's first artificial island airport that is 100% reclaimed for land, and it is also a large marine international airport.
marine airport is not all reclaimed for land. The world's first marine airport is Nagasaki Airport, which started business in 1975. Nagasaki Airport is not 100% land reclamation. It is made from Ji Island, which is 0.9 square kilometers above the sea, and it is expanded to 2.44 square kilometers.
After getting off the plane, the team led everyone out of customs. The service at the Japanese airport is still very good. There are guided personnel in each link, which can be simple in English and Chinese, and basic communication is relatively convenient. When passing the customs, it usually needs to provide Japanese entry cards and family-based declarations. If it is a group, the team leader will fill out these two forms and send them to everyone. If it is a purely free trip, an entry card will be issued on the plane. There is a special place to collect the declaration form before passing the customs.
After successfully passing the customs, we gathered in the airport lobby and met with the local tour guide who led the group. It was a coincidence that the local guide was also named Yu. He is a young man from Northeast China who has lived and worked in Japan for many years. He is sunny, handsome, cheerful and enthusiastic. Well, in short, this group feels very reliable, and we both have to go to the team. The unreliable tour guide for the European tour was scared, haha.
was smaller than the guide who led everyone to buy the IC card for local transportation on the airport's self-service plane. Because there is free travel time, this is very important. In Japan, transportation and catering are very expensive, and taking a taxi is usually difficult to bear. This IC card can be used to take public transportation in Japan.
Kansai International Airport is about 4 kilometers away from Osaka City, and only about 1 hour drive from the center of Osaka City. We got on the bus and drove all the way to the city. Both sides were refreshing sea views, which made the bus feel like we were traveling on the sea.
According to Xiao Yu, the place we checked in tonight is a slightly off-limited place in Osaka City, not a commercial area, and there are not many places to eat and consume in the surrounding area. Fortunately, there are convenience stores around the area, and the daily food and clothing requirements can be solved. We will stay in the most prosperous area in Osaka from tomorrow night.
stay at
Checked in the hotel at about 4:00 pm. Compared with China, the most important thing is that the hotel in Japan is a small one! The room is very small, but fortunately we are some mental preparations. In addition, although the hotel in Japan is small, it pays more attention to humanization and practicality, and it has a little small and complete taste, which is quite comfortable.
packed my luggage in the room and took a short rest. We both decided to go out for a walk and settled the dinner by the way.
We wandered around the streets aimlessly and felt the appearance of Osaka for a preliminary time. Japan has a temperate marine monsoon climate as a whole. It feels very warm and comfortable when walking on the clean and tidy streets in the evening.
Although here is slightly off, the sparse crowds make us more relaxed. The streets are different from the Chinese style, and the combination of modern and Japanese styles brings us a fresh and natural feeling.
We walked around and felt that it was not as lacking in commercial atmosphere as Director Yu said. There are still some convenience stores, restaurants, commercial streets, etc. around, but in the next few days I realized that the so-called inconvenience and uncomfortable is relative to the place where I lived in the next few days. It is too prosperous and too commercial, haha.
saw a bus stop and learned that this place was called "Suyuan".
Suyuan Town Park
As we walked, we passed by a small park calledSuyuan Town Park, which is an open street park. There are many parks in this form in China now.
However, after entering and turning, I found that it was not exactly a small park, and it looked like it should be a small historical site. We stopped and visited.
may be a ruin at the Suzuki Festival in Japan.
Break
When we looked back, we walked back, and when we came, we were optimistic about a ramen restaurant that we had done to get the dinner.
When I returned to the room, I looked outside the window and saw that it was already nightfall and the lights were on.
Open the travel tea set, make a pot of old white tea, take a bath, and drink tea and take a bath. It can be considered as a training for both inside and outside. Sweep away the fatigue of travel, end the perfect first day, tomorrow's soldier will send Nara !
Please stay tuned: The second day (September 29), Nara Xunlu
