It was a planned
trip, I defined it as a celebration trip for Xian graduation. During Xian
childhood, it was a dream seeing him going to school as a normal child. However
we did it, Xian had graduated from junior high. It was an amazing journey
seeing him growing up. Well, he made it.
The last trip to Osaka was a short and a surprised one and we did not visit the Universal Studio Japan. Xian had been a
fan of Resident Evil and he had tried most of the version/generation during the
last few years. He was actually attracted by the live show of Resident Evil
organized by USJ for the past few years. We were looking forward to its rerun
this year during summer holiday unfortunately it didn’t. However, we had still
proceeded with our plan. I had decided to visit Kyoto and later ending the trip
in the USJ during the trip. It was a 6d5n trip (vs the 4d3n few years back)…The planning was a complicated
one.
The choice of lodging had disturbed me for a
few weeks as I need to find a spot near traffic facility during our stay in
Kyoto. Our last stay in an apartment around nipponbashi was an excellent
experience. I had sought out to seek similar apartment style lodging but most
of it was at a distance from the Kyoto bus station. After week of seeking, I
finally got a apartment which was 1.2km from the Kyoto station. A short walk
with would passed by 2 convenient shop along the way; it was a must so that we
could collect some food/supplement along the way back. The great thing about
apartment was the facility to cook and prepare breakfast/supper. Unlike
Malaysian and Taiwanese, the Japanese seldom have the breakfast in a food shop;
you can only found western type breakfast shop. The Japanese would have simple breakfast
such as rice ball or rice with soup.
The choice of staying in Osaka for the USJ
trip was more challenging. There was no apartment located around the USJ. The
only choice was hotel and all of them cost a hand and a leg for any room for 4.
I had chosen the cheapest one to facilitate the visit. However the
most stunning part about the visit was the ticket [plus the fast pass of
course]. Nothing to shout as it was full peak season during the summer holiday.
It was a walk till you drop trip as we
planned to use bus and train as our choice of transport. Detail of dinning in
which food shop was one of the challenging part. So many detail to work on and
I could only relay on google……
Everything was seemed to be set 2+ months
before the journey, however another challenge was waiting for me after the trip
and I took the bite….
