Part One - Getting to
Japan, Tokyo Disney Resort, and Sega Joypolis
Part Two -
"Tokyo Area Parks"
Part Three
- "Nagoya/Osaka Area Parks"
Part Four -
Back to Tokyo, More Tokyo Parks and useful Japan travel links
Part Three -
"Nagoya/Osaka Area Parks"
Nagashima Spaland, Universal Studios Osaka, Parque
Espana, Expoland, Hirakata, Festival Gate, Nara Dreamland
Day Eleven
(Tuesday, 28 September)
Nagashima Spaland
Walk from Comfort
Inn to
Nagoya Station
- 15 minutes.
Take the JR Kansai Line Train #1313M Leaves at 7:47 from platform 13.
Arrives Kuwana Station at 8:20. Take the bus or taxi from
Kuwana station
to Nagashima Spaland. (Note: the taxi was about $20, but the buses come about
every 30 minutes)
Above rail Information from: http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/
After our visit at
Nagashima Spaland:
Take bus or taxi back to Kuwana
station. Take the JR Kansai Line Train #322M leaves at 18:02.
Arrives Nagoya at 18:29. Walk to hotel.
Above rail Information from: http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperd01.cgi
Click
HERE
to read our Nagashima Spaland Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Nagashima Spaland Photos.
Stay at Comfort Inn in Nagoya
1-16-0, Nishiki, Naka-Ku
, Nagoya, JP, 460-0003
Phone: (81) 52 221-6711 Fax: (81) 52
221-6729
Universal Studios Japan
NOTE: We
ended up making some changes to this plan. Nagashima Spaland was empty
so we were done by about 1pm,
and we decided to visit Universal Studios Japan in the afternoon. After
Nagishima Spaland, we went back to Nagoya and got the bullet
train out to Osaka. We made it to Unviersal with about 3+ hours before
closing. This was kind of a crazy thing to do, but otherwise we
would not have visited Universal Studios at all on our trip.
This shows the
type of bullet train (Hikari) and the train's destination (Shin Osaka):
Here is the
train information for getting to Universal Studios from Nagoya:
Here is your
station!
Click
HERE
to read our Universal Studios Japan Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Universal Studios Japan Photos.
Day Twelve
(Wednesday, 29 September)
Parque-Espana
Walk to Kintetsu
Nagoya Station (located in the same complex as Nagoya Station)
Take the Kintetsu Limited Express from Kintetsu Nagoya Station. Train
#6613 leaving at 6:50 arrives at Shimaisobe Station at 8:47.
Take the Parque Espana bus to the park. (Bus runs about every 15 minutes to
the park)
Take the bus from
Parque Espana back to Shimaisobe Station. Take the Kintetsu Limited
Express Train # 7714 at 17:41 arrives
Kintetsu Nagoya Station at 19:36.
Walk back to hotel.
Click
HERE
to read our Parque Espana Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our
Parque Epsana Photos.
Stay at Comfort Inn in Nagoya
1-16-0, Nishiki, Naka-Ku
, Nagoya, JP, 460-0003
Phone: (81) 52 221-6711 Fax: (81) 52
221-6729
Day Thirteen
(Thursday, 30 September)
Today we managed to
visit THREE parks! We did this kind of 'on the fly' assuming we'd only
get to Expoland, but because of how empty
the park was today, we managed to make it to two other smaller parks.
This also had a lot to do with the time of year we went. Going
during the summer, this plan might not be possible, but the following
information will give you an idea on how to get to these parks.
Expoland
Walk to Nagoya JR
Rail station. Take bullet train to Shin-Osaka station:
At Shin-Osaka we
transfer to the Osaka City Midousuji Line to Senri-Chuo (Kitaosakakyuko)
station. At Senri-Chuo station
we walk to the monorail. Take the Osaka
monorail to Banpaku-kinen-koen station:
Note: At Senrichuo
you'll get on the Osaka Monorail line:
And here is the
stop for Expoland:
Here is a map of
the Expoland area and the Osaka monorail system:
Walk from Expoland back to the Banpaku-kinen-koen
station. Take train to Hirakata Park:
Walk to Hirakata
Park (5 minutes).
Hirakata
Park
After Hirakata,
walk back to Hirakata-Koen station. Take train to Dobutsuen-mae station
for Festival Gate:
Festival Gate
Here is a map of
the Festival Gate area:
After Festival
Gate, walk back to Dobutsuen-mae station, head back to Shin-Osaka station and
take the bullet train back to
Nagoya Station. Walk back to the hotel. (This ended up being a
LONG day, and rest was much needed!) =)
Click
HERE
to read our Expoland Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Expoland Photos.
Click
HERE
to read our Hirakata Park Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Hirakata Park Photos.
Click
HERE
to read our Festival Gate Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Festival Gate Photos.
Stay at Comfort Inn in Nagoya
1-16-0, Nishiki, Naka-Ku
, Nagoya, JP, 460-0003
Phone: (81) 52 221-6711 Fax: (81) 52
221-6729
Day Fourteen
(Friday, 1 October)
Nara
Dreamland
Walk to Nagoya
Station and take the train to Nara Station:
At Nara Station, take bus #108, 109, 111, 115,
or 130 from JR Nara Station (Parking area #3 on map below) to Nara Dreamland-mae
They all go to Dreamland, and it's about a 10 minute ride to the park.
Take bus from Nara Dreamland to Nara Station. Take train back to Nagoya:
Click
HERE
to read our Nara Dreamland Trip Report.
Click HERE to see our Nara Dreamland Photos.
Stay at Comfort Inn in Nagoya
1-16-0, Nishiki, Naka-Ku
, Nagoya, JP, 460-0003
Phone: (81) 52 221-6711 Fax: (81) 52
221-6729
