Osaka | Kyoto | Kobe - Japan (Escape)

Yeah..

I know, i should write about Tanjung Bira before this trips..

But i want to write this first :p.. Haha because i still feel excited about the autumn :p..

Btw i like Seoul more than Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe actually :-D..

I went to Seoul  and Osaka in the same period (November), and i like the autumn in Seoul

In the place i went in Japan. The colors still green and some yellow/red. But it was ok ^.*

I went here with my friend, we bought the ticket since last year / the beginning of this year (the price is cheap for me - around 2.9 millions IDR )..

I arrived in the morning, like usual i will go to the informations counter and get some informations about the transportation, travel place, promotion, day pass, etc..

First think to do for me :p, is how to go to our hotel/hostel and drop our  baggage (i didn't buy any baggage - i just have 4 days here).. Then after that i will check the ticket place / machine and ask some people, i decided to buy one day pass - 3000 yen (one day pass for subway + osaka aquarium)..

You should have good calculation here :p, osaka aquarium tickets 2300 yen + the transportation to our hotel 890 yen.. So the total 3100 yen..

So it was cheap right :-D, and we went osaka using subway free with using this one day pass.

Just make sure to go to informations counter and asked the detail about the place that you want to go. For your information in Japan they have day pass, i thought they have some kinds of that stuffs (subway, railway, JR or etc are different)..I just asked when i arrived here :p..

And because the japan subway/mrt/railway is more complicated rather than Seoul , they use a price for the ticket not the destination (the place is so complex), just be careful.

For example you want to go from Kansai to Osaka, you should check the table / matrix for the price (usually above the ticket machine). Example the price 800 yen.. So you must buy the ticket with price 800 yen (in the machine, they have english menu, i found one place without english word in Fushimiinari JR Lines - but just look at the price :p)..

Or get the map and ask the people there. They will help you.

In the first day we arrived in Osaka, i slept at capsule hotel (2800 yen).. Interesting :p.. We should drop our shoes in locker, drop our baggage in another locker room, the toilet in the same floor with the capsule, and take a bath in public bath (?!?!)..

Capsule Room

My comment in public bath is wow haha.. naked... hahahahahhahah.. just weird experience for me :p..

In public bath they have sauna room, small pool with hot water for soak our body, and bathing place.. For the detail it is the same like japan comic - or just google public bath at Japan :p..

Ok ok another topics :p..

I went to Osaka Aquarium (if i am not wrong the largest aquarium/collections in the world).. The place is so nice.. I found whales, and pinguins :p (i never saw this animals :p).. And meet a lot of children :-D

Here some picture in Osaka :)

Near Osaka Aquarium - i didn't go to the wheel not enough time and i didn't want :p

A wheel near Osaka Akuarium

People hand made, this place more beautiful rather the real one below the sea :p..

Pinguin!!!!!!

Whalesssssss

Jellyfish :p

another jelly fish

another jelly fish (again)

the group :p

I like the aquarium seriously a lot of collections here that i have never seen before .. :)

After that we ran to Osaka Castle.. The place is enough far from the subway, so i just walked and walked until my legs hurt and i arrived :p..

A lot of place in Osaka / Kyoto destroy because war. And they just maintain / restore the main one..

And i found Osaka History inside Osaka Castle -I just bored here- :p

Find angle to capture Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle - common picture in Osaka -_-;

From the above Osaka Castle

From the above Osaka Castle

Outside Osaka Castle - how big this place :)

From the above Osaka Castle

From the above Osaka Castle

I don't know the name of this building :p

And at the night i walked around Dotonburi street -Find foods, eyes shopping, etc- :-D..

The lights + crowded  ^-^

Dotonburi Street

Dotonburi Crowded

Dotonburi Street

In the next day, i went to Kyoto using the JR Lines check the maps, and ask the people :-D..

Go to hostel and drop my baggage.. Ask the hostel people about the transportation etc.

I decided to buy one day pass (in here just for bus not others).. I don't know why i can't sleep at that night, maybe too tired or not comfort with the 4 people room (one foreigner in my room had very bad smell)..

In some place i got lost in my way :p, but got the place i want to go before haha for example Gion Street, some temple, cemetery, etc :p..

Kyoto is temples / shrines place.. In every place is temples / shrines :p. I went to some temple :).. And they must be adopt the zen concepts.. The zen have the meaning/philosophy but i don't know :p..

Just guess the name because i forgot the japan name :p :

The third day i went to Kyoto Imperial Palace, you should register first. They have public tour. After that i went to city near Kobe..

Just for trying Arinma Onsen (the oldest onsen place in Japan) haha, because the hotel / hostel in Arinma Onsen very expensive i slept near that place around 50 minutes by the subway..

I just went to one onsen :

Gold Onsen

About the foods, hmm overall is nice :-D.. I find some interesting stuffs.. 

I choosed the food in the machine, got the ticket, and gave the ticket to the staff.. The food came out :p.. I didn't try for standing stall :p..

And i tried a lot of foods.. The sushi, the noodles everything.. Include sake.... Because i choose wrong menu in Japan language >.< in the afternoon and my last day in Osaka LoL..

The most interesting food is...Kobe Beef!!!! haha..

People said that the beef is very delicious.. And the price is expensive >.<...

For your comparison, common foods less than 1.000 Yen, and Kobe Beef that i ate.. 3500 Yen!..

My friend ate 5500 yen.. wow wow..

The taste hmm WOW haha even i can't describe the difference between local beef and that beef.. hahaha..

Noodle - Miso

Sushi

Kobe Beef!

Steak Land - Kobe Beef - 3500 Yen

Katsu

-danny williams | @dannywongso-

Tinabo Island One Of Takabonerate Islands

Have you ever heard that island?

So do i at the first..

The island is very far from Jakarta and need a long time (seriously 'long time').

How to go?

First, you should go to Makassar (check the map below). It takes around 2 hours from Jakarta, last time i went there from Balikpapan and it took around 1 hour.

Flight from Balikpapan to Makassar

Indonesia

After that we already rent a car to Tanjung Bira (we got the contact from our guest house at Tanjung Bira). It takes around 5 hours ++ (I will post about Tanjung Bira in the next post). We stayed a night in Tanjung Bira.

Lunch after 1 hour from Makasar Airport

I don't know what kind of this tomato (?)

We went in the morning to Tanjung Bira Port at 08.00 ++ to Selayar Island (the ferry schedule in every 4 hours - i assumed :p -) and arrived at 10.00 ++..  The owner of the guest house help us to find 'angkot' (car) to the port (not very far, but when you bring your stuffs this is the good choice :p) and it took around 10-15 minutes.

Here some pictures in the port when i was waiting for the ferry :

The green, the blue, and the ship

Another side in the port

The signal is good enough here, see the BTS tower :p

Unused ship in the beach

The stones for abrasion - Bye Tanjung Bira

The stones for abrasion - Bye Tanjung Bira

And the island is still far away..

We used travel agent, and the agent picked us at the Selayar Port. It took around 2 hours ++ to the another port in Selayar Island. After that we used a small ship to Tinabo Island (Takabonerate Islands) and it took around 5 hours ++ >.<..

We landed at Tinabo Island yeayyy!!! And it already at the night.. 

Could you imagine the way? Tired to the max for sure :p. I think we can go abroad easily rather than go to this place..

This is the map where is that island :

Tinabo Island Map

Imagine 5-6 hours see this landscape -bored :p-

The Takabonerate Map, where are we? :p

In the next morning and the half next day, we went to some island in Takabonerate Islands for snorkeling. And no map in google for that place :p.. Usually the captain used GPS for tracking the position..

Because we didn't bring any good camera for capturing inside the sea, so i just shared to you..

That i think Karimun Jawa has more fishes rather than this place (or maybe we went to wrong spot ?)..

The interesting things for me are the baby shark in front of the resort and the well in the sea. This well around 2-3 meters and need more than 1 hour to find the spot using GPS :p. A lot of fish here because the hot and cold water meet here.. (Karimun Jawa also have this place, near the beach with more fish)

We slept at Tinabo Island's Resort for 2 nights (no other resort just one, and it for less than 15 people).. And some houses, i thought for the islands guardian.. The food is so so there :) nothing delicious or special :)..

The electricity just in the night and also the signal come and go (just for Telk*ms*l).. But they have tv and complete channel :p (we can't see at the morning/afternoon/evening - no electricity)..

 What did i find in the morning? Baby Sharks!!! :p

Excited in the morning at our

Zoom for the baby sharks - this baby shark is not dangerous (believe me, if they bite you, just bite them back :p)

I walked around and took some photos :

Left side from the port

The Port

Say hi to the sunrise :-D

Small crab in unknown island - i forgot the name for sure

Behind the Tinabo Island - no baby shark but good for taking picture :p

In my opinion, every beach have different energy and landscape.. And this was the sunset there : 

Cool right ?

Actually this was the first time i saw this colors combinations

^-^

From the port - capture in every angle :p

the fisherman (?)

And yeah we should took our picture here!!! :p

Of course i should show you my own picture :p

This is the well, look some fish there :) - yeah you should be a good swimmer to go down

Jump ! Thanks to @tatrakuncara

deep of the sea :p

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And we should took the same way to back.. 5 hours by the ship to go back to Selayar Island and used a car for 1 hour to sleep at the Selayar City (called Benteng).. We arrived at 08.00 ++ and we woke up at 04.00 >.<.. We used a car (again) for 1 hour to Selayar Port and went back to Tanjung Bira at 06.00 by the ferry..

Next post Tanjung Bira :-D

-danny williams | @dannywongso-