Osaka


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Best time to be there

Spring (late March to April) for cherry blossom, early summer (May to early June) for warm sunshine, autumn (October to November) for sunny weather and spectacular colours.

Fly to

Osaka/ Tokyo Narita and Haneda (Japan Airlines, British Airways)

flying time

12 hours 30 minutes from London

time difference

GMT +9 hours

Visas

Not required for UK passport holders

Health Requirements

No vaccinations required



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Osaka's prominence as a merchant city dates from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's building of Osaka Castle in 1586.  He also encouraged traders from other parts of Japan to settle in the city.  In the 1920s and '30s it became an industrial powerhouse.  Nowadays, though, the nondescript skyline is being replaced with galleries, international hotels, futuristic living spaces and exciting postmodernist architecture.  The city's extravagant nightlife and culinary predilections are famous.  A Japanese saying, "Kyoto kidaore; Osaka kuidaore" suggests that Kyoto-ites are apt to go bankrupt from buying kimonos, and Osakans from eating out too much.



Suggested Osaka Accommodation

Westin Osaka

Westin Osaka

Situated at the heart of the Shin Umeda City, the Westin Osaka is ideally placed to explore. The hotel is decorated in classic European style with unusually large rooms and excellent facilities such...



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