For spring break, I didn't make any plans. I haven't had the time in the past few weeks to figure out an elaborate trip like most people did...so the first day of break I made plans to go to Kyushu, which, after a few hours of planning, I decided was too much, so I made plans to go back to Tokyo and visit the sights in Yokohama and Kamakura that I didn't see last time I went. And then I decided that was also too much, so I ultimately didn't go anywhere.
This worked out in the end, since I really needed this week to recharge and it gave me a chance to go to Hanatouro in Kyoto. But even after that, I made plans to go to Kobe, but mainly because of the weather not being so great (and because I spent too much time wondering about whether to save money with a Kansai 3-day Pass or whether I should just spend the money as I went), I ended up not going there either. Even Nara -- I couldn't go on the trip to Asuka last semester because I had caught a cold and wasn't up to it then, but the idea of going there and renting a bike to explore by myself...seemed too lonely (and again, biking in the rain in an unfamiliar area didn't sound too fun either).
So I decided to stay right here, in Osaka, and have a full-out tourist-in-Osaka day. I bought a Keihan-version Osaka Kaiyu Ticket, which, in addition to admission into the aquarium in Osaka, Kaiyukan, let me ride the Osaka subway and the Keihan trains unlimitedly (it also gave me discounts to a bunch of sightseeing areas, though I only visited one on the list).
My plan was to use the ticket on the subways as much as possible, since that's my biggest problem when I go to Osaka. To even go from Yodoyabashi to Shinsaibashi is 200 yen, so I always have to either pick Shinsaibashi or Umeda because I don't want to pay the subway fee more than I need to (I could walk, I know...but that takes too much time).
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