With your back to Osaka's Umeda station, walk at street level around the right hand side of the Hanshin department store. There you will find an off license that serves beer and great snacks at off sale prices. There's a standing bar with sports playing in the background - stand with the suited office set drinking in a unique (for Japan) western friendly style.

Umeda Station

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Capsule hotels are quintessentially Japanese but finding one that will accommodate not only foreign guests, but also females, can be notoriously difficult.

Osaka is the birthplace of the fibreglass sleeping pod and the Capsule Inn Namba happily embraces all travellers for approximately £13 a night.

1-7-16, NAMBANAKA, NANIWA-KU, OSAKA 556-001, JAPAN

+81-06-6633-2666 or
+81-06-6633-5568

Nearest Station

1 minute walk from Exit 31 on Namba subway station on the Yotsubashi subway line or 3 minute walk from Exit 7 on Namba subway station on the Midosuji subway line.

From Kansai International Airport

Approximately 48 minutes by Airport Limousine Bus to Namba Station (The Bus Terminal to the Airport is nearby the Hotel.)

Approximately 35 minutes by Rapit Limited Express or approximately 43 minutes by Nankai Airport Express to Namba on the Nankai Line.

Approximately 50 minutes by JR Kansai Airport Rapid Service to Namba on the JR Line.

web.travel.rakuten.co.jp/portal/my/info_page_e.Eng?f_no=15705

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The first option would be air travel - there are several flights from Kansai Intl (KIX) to Sapporo (New Chitose - CTS). Flights depart at 16:45, 17:55, and 20:50. The price is 39,900 yen (US $335 at today's rate).

Another option is taking a ferry and train combination from Osaka to Hokkaido. Unfortunately, the ferry takes a lot of time - 19 hours one way, plus a couple of hours for the train. So flight seems to be the best option here.

More options and detailed flight schedule:
www.flightpedia.org/japan/flights-from-osaka-to-sapporo-osaka/

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