Living in Osaka Blog

Unfortunately from today, the shuttle bus from Taisho to Ikea will be cancelled.  I can only imagine that it is due to cost cutting or problems with parking permissions, as there were definitely enough people using the service. I’ve been Ikea a few times and bought way too much stuff and always took the shuttle [...]

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There’s been a lot of hype and publicity about the Kobe IKEA store that opened in April. It definitely lives up to its hype, being massive, fairly good value and with a huge range. I’m eyeing a bean bag tray for my laptop. Strangely, what hasn’t been publicised is that IKEA will be opening up [...]

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Are you a fan of Korean food?  Or seaweed?  Although you can find many Korean restaurants dotted around Osaka, did you know that Osaka has its own little Korean-town?  It is located in Tsuruhashi 鶴橋. Well according to wikipedia it is the largest Korean town in Japan, larger than the one in Tokyo.  You can [...]

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Found this reading my friend Daniel’s blog. It’s a B2 sized full colour shopping map of the underground area in Umeda. If you know about the area, you’ll know that there is a labyrinth of shops and malls down there. There are some gems of shops, and it is perfect for shopping during the rainy [...]

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It’s always sad to see someone leave Osaka, I have so many friends that have left after 2-3 years.  It is also a real pain in the butt for them to get rid of their stuff.  So I’ve been thinking of adding a new section to the site for everyone to advertise their sayonara sales.  [...]

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When I first came to Osaka the first thing I found out was where to find English books. Most book even very big ones only sold Japanese books and maybe the odd imported US magazine (Cosmo, anyone?). There are two bookstores I recommend, one is Junkudo and one is Kinokuniya. Kinokuniya is the shop that [...]

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