On the water—what passes by is not the landscape, but your memories
Osaka's AquaLiner water bus is one of the very popular sightseeing tours in Osaka. At first glance, the bus looks like a submarine in the river , and sitting on the bus, looking through the glass windows, you see the river outside fluctuating bit by bit with the 🚤, the 🌸 by the roadside and the city gradually receding, it feels like watching 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' as the landscape slowly merges with emotions. What passes by is not the landscape, but your own memories, bit by bit they pass and can never return. There's a question, what is something that can never come back? Is it time? Is it loved ones? Or is it one's own passion? I believe none of these are complete, I think it's the end, once it's over, it can never return, the disappearing landscapes step by step, like things that have ended and can never come back.
I wish everyone to seize every moment around them 🎈
As a 🚰 city, Osaka has hundreds of bridges and rivers, forming numerous water sightseeing routes.
The Osaka AquaLiner water bus has 4 main piers: Osaka Castle Port, Hachikenya Hama Pier, Yodoyabashi Port, and OAP Port, offering views of the cityscape from Osaka to Nakanoshima. (If you come during the cherry blossom season, the 🌸 along both banks of the river are incredibly beautiful)
The Osaka AquaLiner has multiple boarding routes, and tourists can board at any of the 4 piers.
🚌 Don't worry about not having enough seats or not making it in time (the Osaka AquaLiner is actually a cruise-like mode of transportation that can accommodate hundreds of passengers). The whole process takes about an hour, during which you can enjoy the cityscape and natural scenery here.
⚠️ Boarding locations: 'Osaka Castle Port', 'Hachikenya Hama Pier', 'Yodoyabashi Port', 'OAP Port' - any one of these is fine
Tour duration: About 40 minutes
Operating hours: Osaka Castle Port 10:15~16:15 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday only: 17:20/18:05/18:50)
🎟Tips
Items to purchase in advance:
1. SIM card
2. IC card
3. Recommended to buy a two-day pass (you can go to many places and take some buses and subways for free)
4. Kimono experience at Kiyomizu Temple (don't say I'm not patriotic, it's just experiencing different cultural features)
5. Hotel reservation (better location)
5. Selfie stick (highly recommended, very useful in many places, just a few tens of yuan, very practical)
good to understand the reign and history of ancient Japanese rulers, and the view from the castle is absolutely astonishing, nice coffee shop is nearby, souvenir shop inside the 2/F of the castle, and you can feel the historical castle which was built around six hundred years ago, amazing
Compared with the Chinese palace, the entire Osaka Castle is not very large. There are basic facilities such as fences and moats. It is a good choice to come here with a relaxing mood and feel the scenery here.
Historical site in the city, entrance fee is 600 yen per adult.
Buy tickets on site for a long queue, it is very convenient to buy tickets online without queuing. If you go, remember to borrow a Chinese voice guide at the service desk on the first floor.
Very impressive scenery with wonderful gardens. I have no comments for the castle it speaks for itself, what I really enjoyed seeing and stunned me was the moat and castle walls
I booked the ticket when I was already there and was able to avoid the big line!