Thread: Heading to KIX tomorrow, God willing and the creek don't rise!

How about Osaka Castle? Shogun!!!?? Boss went last month and he'll be flying NRT/KIX later next week. I almost went to PEK since loads were super mega wide open tonite but I didn't have my thermal undies nor cashmere sweater. I only had t's and casual pants and a light leather jacket for 2 nts in Seattle. Just got home and what is with FA's allowing kids under 15 in exit row? As well as ignoring woman behind me with 3 yr old in her lap for landing? (hint--she didn't want to sit in her seat so mommy picked her up from the floor at the last minute. Most of the flight the kid played a noisy game w/sound effects and whined the rest that she wanted to sit with daddy and sissy who were behind her, while mommy read her kindle and tuned her out... ARHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH) Guess who was sitting in front of mommy and the little terror? Yep, you guessed it!

Just remember that the non-rev gods are a fickle lot and you do have to come back.
Have fun.

Don't remind him. I told him to try LAS, and he had a hard time getting out of that one :P

Originally Posted by Tony757

OK, t'was an awesome trip!! Got F outbound for the longer leg, and Biz back home. I have to recommend an awesome hotel in Osaka, NAMBA ORIENTAL HOTEL | OSAKA | English page
The only bad thing I have to say is....no wireless! There's wired internet though. It's really hidden though. If you decide to use it, take the Rapi:t to Namba station, exit thru the NORTH exit. Cross the street to Starbucks and continue down that alley into the mall area. Take the second main alleyway to the left, hotel is maybe half a block up on the right.

What, no password or secret knocks? Sounds great.

That hotel looks quite nice. Where did you eat? What kind of price did you get? Did you go thru the hotel directly or via UTel res system? I'm considering spending one nt to meet Boss in March. His layover is Hilton and I don't think I have enough HH points How was your weather? Do tell, please!

Originally Posted by mrs767er

That hotel looks quite nice. Where did you eat? What kind of price did you get? Did you go thru the hotel directly or via UTel res system? I'm considering spending one nt to meet Boss in March. His layover is Hilton and I don't think I have enough HH points How was your weather? Do tell, please!

There's so many places right around the hotel, as well as in the hotel complex itself. I had fish n'chips at The Hub, a British pub-type place. Decent. I had some unknown food at another Japanese restaurant on the 2nd floor (below the hotel lobby on the 3rd). They did not have an English translation of their menu, so I ordered what I thought looked good lol!

Weather was on the chilly side, reminded me a lot of SFO weather. 50 during the day, upper 30's at night. Rained my last day there, so that killed a day. My return flight left at 1820. The hotel will store luggage for you, no probs. They offered to do it for me, but since it was raining, I said screw it and spent 5 hours in the airport

Front desk folks were very friendly, and one lady took a lot of time helping me pick an agenda for one day's sightseeing in Kyoto. I highly recommend it, if you can get by with no internet, or wired internet. I booked thru Hotels.com, price was 326.54 for 2 nights. Maybe a little pricey tho, but I considered it well worth it. I'll take my laptop next time, but I WILL stay there again!