Limited Express Rapi:t


If you land in Narita, you have 2 trains that could bring you to Tokyo. JR N’EX and Keisei Skyliner.

This time, I was landing in Kansai International (KIX) and I wanted to ride the Rapi:t express.

credit: https://www.howto-osaka.com/en/rapit/aboutrapit/

It is about 38 min ride from the airport to Namba station. The price is about $11 one way and I prepaid online.

Upon arrival to KIX, I went to the Nankai office to change my voucher to a ticket.

rapi:t ticket

I then waited for the arrival, which wasn’t too long.

Seat set up wasn’t bad. I opted for Super single seat. It’s kinda nice as it is leopard print!

After arrival to Namba station and exiting the platform, you can always find rapi:t items such as socks, key chains and bandaids.

sorry for the blurry picture. It was busy and I had my luggage.

Namba Parks


When I was looking for things to do around Namba station (the station I would arrive at) I saw something of Google Maps that caught my eye.

We went up and around Namba Parks. It is hard to capture it as it is huge, but also staggered. We had fun exploring it and enjoying how calm it was.

Wandering Leopard 2019 Train experience


It wasn’t as busy as 2018’s train experience, but I still experienced a lot!

Day 1 :

  1. Kansai International airport to Namba station (Limited express Nankai line Rapi:t train)

Day 2:

  1. Namba station to Shin Osaka (Midsuji subway line)
  1. Shin Osaka to Shin Kobe station(and back) (Tokaido Shinkansen)
  1. Shin Osaka to Osaka station (Tokaido Sanyo line)
  1. Osaka station to Tsuruhashi station (Osaka Loop line)
  1. Tsuruhashi station to Namba station (Kintetsu Nara line)

Day 3:

  1. Namba station to Shin Osaka station (Midosuji subway line)
  1. Shin Osaka to Nagoya station (Shinkansen)
  1. Nagoya station to Kozoji station (and back) (Chuo line)
  1. Nagoya station to Odawara station (Shinkansen)
  1. Odawara station to Hakone Yumoto station (Hakonetozen line)
  2. Hakone Yumoto station to Gora station (Hakonetozen line)

Day 4:

  1. Atami station to Tokyo station (Shinkansen)
  1. Tokyo station to Shinjuku station (Chuo line – rapid express)
  1. Shinjuku station to Nakano station (and back) (Chuo line – rapid express)

Day 5:

  1. Tochomae station to Higashi Shinjuku station (Oedo line subway line)
  2. Higashi station to Meiji-jingumae Station (Fukutoshin subway line)

  1. Harajuku station to Osaki station (Yamanote line)
  2. Osaki station to Tokyo Teleport station (Rinkai line)
  1. Tokyo Teleport station to Kawagoe station (Rinkai line)
  1. Kawagoe station to Musashi Takahagi station (and back) (Kawagoe line)
  1. Kawagoe station to Ikebukuro station (Tobu Tojo line)
  1. Ikebukuro station to Shinjuku station (Saikyo line)

Day 6:

  1. Shinjuku station to Tokyo station (Marunouchi line)

  1. Tokyo station to Omiya station (Shinkansen) error
  2. Omiya station to Oyama station (Shinkansen)
  1. Oyama station to Tomita station (Ryomo line)

Day 7:

  1. Reverse from yesterday (Tomita station to Shinjuku station)
  2. Shinjuku station to Tokyo station (Yamanote line)
  1. Tokyo station to Okayama station (Shinkansen)
  1. Okayama to Takamatsu station (Marine liner)

Day 8:

  1. Takamatsu station to Okayama station (Marine liner)
  1. Okayama to Hakata station (Shinkansen)
  1. Hakata station to Nakasukawabata station (Kuko subway line)

Day 9:

  1. Nakasukawabata station to Hakata station (Kuko subway line)
  1. Hakata station to Nagasaki station (JR Kamome express line)
  1. Nagasaki station to Ohato station (Nagasaki Denki tramway line 1)

Day 10:

  1. Nagasaki station to Hakata station (JR Kamome express line)
  2. Hakata station to Usa station (JR Sonic Nichirin express line)
  1. Beppu station to Kokura station (JR Sonic Nichirin express line)
  1. Kokura to Hakata station (Shinkansen)
  1. Hakata station to Tokuyama station (Shinkansen)
  1. Tokuyama station to Shin-Osaka station (Last Shinkansen 8:57pm)
I almost missed the last train at 8:57pm!!!
  1. Shin-Osaka station to Namba station (Midosuji subway line)

Day 11:

  1. Namba station to Kansai International airport (Nankai line Limited express Rapi:t)

Coit Tower with my boys


I’ve taken Jacob here when he was younger, but Lucas.. it would be his first time.

I had rest of the day off and took my boys to the bottom of Coit Tower. We walked both Filbert and Greenwich steps to Coit Tower.

Dotonbori Visit 2018


I’ve been to Dotonbori back in 2016 and Loved the area.

Any Foodie that comes to Osaka, comes here!


Crowds were waning down, but I wanted to capture how lively the area looks. Bright colors, big signs and the smell of food…