Introduction During our last trip to Osaka, we decided to fit 4 people into the Crowne Plaza. We had done the St. Regis last time, but we went ‘cheap’ this time. I know most people stay at the Intercontinental, but this location isn’t bad and provides pretty good value. We actually paid cash – about […]
I just got back from a 2.5 week long trip to Japan. This was the first time I’ve been in the country for that long and the first time we’ve traveled with other people. We had done most of the sightseeing already like Maricar, but we did a few of them again. Here’s how we […]
Introduction We had stayed at the Park Hyatt and Andaz already in Japan. However, because we were traveling with non-miles and points friends, I had to go on the cheap. Points wise, for 12K Hyatt points, this was the ‘cheapest nicest points’ hotel room. I was a Discoverist and emailed the GM ahead of time […]
Introduction We were in Osaka for 2 days back in April of this year during the cherry blossom season. We took the train from Kyoto to Osaka and arrived around 1pm or so. We initially wanted to go to Nara first since it’s “on the way” and then head to Osaka later, but didn’t want […]
Introduction On my last trip to Japan, I was using Google Maps to get around. It took me a solid week and change before I discovered some things about Google Maps that I wished I had known before my trip. So I’ll give you some tips that I’ve learned to help you the next time […]