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[friezaess]

Dear Japan,

I will kill you and everyone you've ever loved.

Sincerely,
- The person reading up on your railway lines



Seriously, is it that complicated to get from Kansai Airport to Shinsaibashi/Yotsubashi station? Apparently yes. *kicks JR pass in the ass*

I got my passport yesterday, which momentarily took my mind off the horrific prospect of starting Uni. Don't get me wrong, Market Day was lots of fun, but for some reason a faggoty hippy subject like Arts requires more brainpower to organise than something like a Bachelor of Journalism or Science or whatever... at least those degrees pertain to specific fields and thus there are certain subjects you have to do. With Arts there's several dozen courses you can choose to major in and it's a lot more broad... no-one can tell you which courses to do, you just pick some at random and hope that you're doing what's required. ... I think I need to pay a visit to Student Services -_- 

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[damasquerade.livejournal.com]

I think you'll definitely have to talk to your course advisor. I could never get my head around the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, and then they told me I had to do these faggy subjects I didn't want to do or else I wouldn't get my degree, so I decided not to do it because I didn't enjoy it :D

[friezaess.livejournal.com]

Which subjects did the coax you into doing?

Funnily enough, I'm being forced to do Communication to complete my double major... I'm not looking foward to it -.-

[damasquerade.livejournal.com]

Woo, replying at work! *sneaky*

There was no coaxing, I got told if I didn't do these subjects I wouldn't finish my degree. They were the last subjects I had to do, which were Scriptwriting 2, and some bullshit called Narrative and Interactive Practice. All those subjects involved an insane group project with people who seemed to be actually retarded and had no creative ability whatsoever. Made me very sad, and I'd attempted the subjects in previous years and dropped out of them because, like you said in your recent post, I found them hard and scary and I hid away from them and the people in my group like a little kid.

So I attempted them again last year, dropped out the exact same way, and said to myself, "Fuck this, I don't need a degree." And I'm hopefully never going to be stupid enough to attempt those subjects a third time :D

[caloris.livejournal.com]

What's complicated about it? I didn't have any problems getting the train to the airport. I had more problems with the bus from Osaka's Itami airport.

[friezaess.livejournal.com]

I think all the different train companies, plus navigating one's way between connecting stations on foot.

I hardly know how the trains work in Brisbane -_-

[azusachan.livejournal.com]

Maybe you're already using it, but this website is the best around for Japan's trains:

http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi

It covers all lines, costs, transfers and times. Just make sure you spell the station name correctly.

There are a number of ways to get from the airport into central Osaka; my best advice is to use your JR railpass ot take a limited express (eg the Ltd Express Haruka) into the central osaka area (I think Tennoji is the first available stop for a transfer). From there, change to the Midosuji subway line. This is the equivalent to our city loop (well, it's not a loop, but it connects all the central city stops). You can't use the JR pass for this, but it'll only cost you a few hundred yen to get to yodoyobashi, shinsaibashi, umeda, namba etc. The lines are colour-coded, and the Midosuji subway line is always red. The signs are all in English as well as Japanese.

[friezaess.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link, I have been looking at that site (though it seems to discount the shinkansen which made it a little hard to figure out how to get to Tokyo.)

I shall research the Midosuji line, that loop thing sounds like it requires less use of the ol' brainparts.

Thank God for subtitles.

[azusachan.livejournal.com]

Hyperdia shouldn't leave the shink out... it's what I always use when figuring out which shink to catch to Tokyo from Kyoto. I know it screws around the prices though. When you ride the shinkansen, you actually need two tickets (which you buy together): a fare ticket, and a reserve ticket (even if you're travelling non-reserve). I honestly don't know WHY they split the price up and make you buy two tickets, when you will always need both of them together, but Hyperdia lists them separately for some reason. It should give the combined price at the top though.

Since you're using a JR pass, I'm not sure if you're allowed to use the Nozomi (now the 2nd fastest shink, thanks to whatever that new one is) so the Hikari takes a bit longer, but shouldn't be more than 4 hours from Osaka.

[xelyna.livejournal.com]

It's not that hard. You take the JR express from the airport to Umeda (aka JR Osaka), and then from Umeda you catch the Midosuji line to Shinsaibashi.

[friezaess.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Madame. The websites I've been looking at all have about a hundred transfers involved -_-;