Dils Stop .

On the last day of our stay in Osaka we decided to go to the famous Osaka castle. The owner of the apartment very kindly let us to check out any time we want so we can manage a visit to Osaka castle and head to Tokyo after noon. We took a train to the nearest stop to Osaka castle and walked. A bit far tbh. When we got to the park we decided to just take a buggy because we don't wish to waste a lot of time. Also the kids were also a bit tired from the walk from the train station. The outer gate The magnificent Osaka castle. It was a really really pretty day. Shame that we can't spend a whole day in Osaka city.  My husband and the kids at the top tower of the castle.  I really like Osaka castle on how informative it is. I actually am not very familiar with any of Japan history and did thought to read a bit but I gotten lazy. But the museum is still very interesting. Much of the exhibits focused on a particular battle between 2 shoguns so I like th

Note: (super late throwback post) I was excited to go to USJ for this Japan trip, because I can't wait to get to the Harry Potter theme park side. We went around 9 am, and just manage to get in after the gate opened. We went straight to the Harry Potter fame ride. Walking to our first ride Early morning no one is taking a pic of this. Afterwards there will be a long line.  Hogwarts! Lining up to our Harry Potter ride. As I lined up as a single rider it was faster for me, less than 10 mins of queuing.  Some stuffs I seen here while waiting. Those who don't want to go to the ride can also toured the castle as my husband and kids did. It was a very Hogwarts-like. Mostly just to be amazed on the talking portraits. Unfortch it is all in Japanese though so we can't understand a thing.  So I got into the ride and TBH, it was not my favorite ride. Because it is so jerky that at one time I was seriously thinking that I could puke. So an