Osaka · Japan
Staying online in Osaka
Osaka is a food city with a subway map that looks simple until you are standing in Umeda trying to find the right department-store exit.
Before you land
Kansai airport is an hour out. The Haruka express and the limousine buses are both easier with a live ticket in your phone. Install before you land; airport wifi is a queue.
Getting around
The subway is color-coded and still confusing at Umeda and Namba, which are underground cities. Maps matter more than a phrasebook. Dotombori at night is a walking neighborhood; the plan is for the reservation and the ride home.
Where the data actually goes
Namba and Dotombori are dense. Shinsekai is a short walk and a long detour if you take the wrong street. A day in Kobe or Nara fits the same Japan plan.
Which plan to buy
Use the same Japan plan as Tokyo. Daily passes make sense only if you are staying long enough that a fixed 10GB would run out on maps and video.
Practical notes
Card payments are common and not universal in smaller counters. Keep a little cash. Type A plugs, same as the rest of Japan.
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