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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 -_- 

Comments

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.