Kansai- pre-USJ

We had leaved the apartment late and took a slow walk with our baggage to Kyoto station for our ride to Osaka. It was a 1+ hr train journey and I fallen asleep during the ride as I had been disturbed by cough since our arrival. The room was filled with dust and my asthma had recurred since our arrival.

The Shin Osaka station is huge and its underground passages are just like a maze with no end. We had located some locker and stored our baggage and did a quick tour around the station surrounding. We ended up eating Okonomiyaki at one of the shopping mall. We proceeded to the USJ at around 3pm. The train station was filled with people as the local govt had announced that the train service will end early in the evening due to the typhoon. The USJ had also closed prematurely at 5pm due to the typhoon. We were lucky enough to get a seat in one of the restaurant located in the city walk mall near our hotel.

We took a walk around the pier of the Osaka bay after our dinner. From time to time, gust of wind had cruised down the walking lane; we could sensed that it would be a big one. However nothing was more striking than big crowd of customers storming the convenient store nearby the hotel for food as most of the restaurant nearby was closed and the rail service had shut down due to the typhoon.

I crossed my finger praying that the USJ would open as usual and no rain would be there to disturbed our journey.

That night was an uneasy one as the gust of wind constant shattered the building and making uncomfortable noise. Rain was also noted. I was disturbed by my wheezing and woke up early At 5am,  looking through the window, I noticed that the sky was slightly filled with dark cloud and the wind had stopped….Well, I knew that our last leg of trip would be finally materialized.