We're on the shinkansen
To Osaka
We made it just in time
We had to jump on the nearest carriage
Then walk along several carriages
To get to our one
But we made it!
Very hot now!
We're at Shin-Osaka Station
Going from the shinkansen
To the subway
On the Midosuji Line
You can't use your JR Pass here
Because it's a subway line, not a JR Line
But you can use your Suica card
We've just arrived in Osaka
We've come from the shinkansen station
To our local subway station
In Shinsaibashi
To find our hotel
And check in
We've been lugging the suitcases
Up lots of stairs
Already I can tell
It's a lot busier here in Osaka
Than it was in Fukuoka
There's a lot more people
On the subway trains
And it's also true what I heard
About people standing on the other side of the escalator
Here in Osaka
They stand on the right hand side
Like they do in London
And in the whole rest of Japan
They stand on the left hand side
There's nothing telling you to do that
People just do!
Osaka's special!
We've just arrived at our hotel
In Osaka
So I thought I'd show you around
It's the Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi Nagahoridori
Now that last bit is important
Because there's another hotel
Called the Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi
This is the Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi Nagahoridori
I almost got them mixed up
And took us to the wrong one
Just like I did in Kyoto before
But I remembered just in time
Right, let's take a look around
Here's the entrance
There's a full length mirror here
By the door there's a bit of space to hang up your clothes
There's this...
Deodorant Power
Some Febreeze
There's a stand for the suitcases
A shoe horn
And these, I believe...
Are slippers for the bathroom
It says they're free for guests' use
Please feel free to take them with you
Now it's quite common in Japan
To have slippers for the bathroom
And slippers to just wear indoors
So I guess these are the ones to wear in the room
Plenty of slippers
This seems quite spacious compared to the hotel we were staying in, in Fukuoka
Which was an APA hotel
It's still not very big
But it seems like we've got a bit more room
So I think we'll be able to open up the suitcases
And put them in the corridor here
Here's the main room
We've got a nice glittery zebra print cushion
Can you see the sparkle on that?
Over here's a little ledge
To put your stuff on in the night
And there's a USB charger
Which is great
That's really handy
Especially if you only have one or two plug converters
And you've got lots of things to charge
It's always a problem for me
Charging all the cameras
As the well as the phones and everything
This is the air conditioning I believe
And it's decorated pretty nicely
I like the roman blinds by the window
Demonstration!
Oh no!
My moment!
You ruined it!
Is that kind of zebra print as well?
Kind of
Lime zebra is the theme
This is a brand new hotel
It only opened last month
That's March 2018
So it still smells really new in here
When we booked it on Expedia
It was still just an artist's impression
So we were hoping it'd open in time!
But we're all good
So there's a big TV
A bit of a counter here
I guess this is a remote control for the air conditioning
Got a phone, a kettle
More plug sockets
Another mirror
And down here...
A fridge to keep your drinks cool
And in here
Some cups
Down in the reception downstairs
They had free tea
They had green tea,
They also had apple tea and peach tea
That's be nice to try
And they were free
They said, just help yourselves
There's a hair dryer
We've got some nice lime green chairs
Phil's playing his Switch
Look at you with your Dreamcast t-shirt
Playing your Switch
Games!
The view out the window
We can see a nice view of this office block
Next to the hotel
And see who's going to the toilet
So you can't really see much out there
Let's have a look at the bathroom
So here's the bathroom
It's actually pretty stylish
In a lot of other hotels we've stayed in
They've been sort of beige
Tiny bathrooms
This is actually fairly spacious
For a Japanese hotel room
The bath is a Japanese bath
Which is a bit shorter
Than you'd be used to in the UK or USA
There's the shower up there
What have we got?
Shampoo, conditioner and body wash
Here's the free bathroom stuff
We've got hair brushes
Razors
Toothbrushes
And a body towel
Ooh, and of course:
Here's the fancy Japanese toilet buttons
These ones have English translations
But these ones are the mystery buttons
What do you think that one does?
I've always been too scared to play with these
Maybe I should give them a go
When else are you going to get the chance?!
This is actually a little larger than average
For a Japanese hotel room
A lot of them that we've stayed in
Have been like this
But they've cut off here
Where the end of the bed would be
I think it's a proper double bed
Which they're not always
Sometimes they're a bit smaller than a normal double bed
We've stayed in a few that are a bit bigger
But a lot of them are smaller than this
Our first time we came here
We stayed in Shiodome
Shiodome
We turned up at the hotel
And it was massive
And we said "Why do people complain that hotel rooms are small?"
This is really big
And we did look at that one again
But the price was about 3 times as much
So we must have just got it on special offer
Pretty much every other hotel we've stayed in
In Tokyo or anywhere else (in Japan)
Is pretty small
So that's our room
We're going out in a minute
So I'll show you the outside
And what the street looks like outside
It's pretty close to Shinsaibashi Subway Station
It took us about 10 minutes to walk just now
Although it seemed like longer than that
Because we were carrying the suitcases up a lot of stairs
It's important, if you come to Japan
Don't bring too much with you
It's a lot easier if you travel light
Then you don't have to carry too much stuff around
Look this is something fun
Our room has a doorbell
I've never seen that in a hotel before
Here's what the corridor looks like
And this carpet
Is still feeling really plush
And new
*Someone's coming!*
Here's the lifts
They've got doors on two sides
*Japanese*
There's 13 floors
We're staying on floor 10
Here's the front of the hotel
The name's in katakana there
But the Hearton Hotel logo's on the sign
So you can tell what it is
There's a nice little front garden
And it's really tall!
It's on quite a busy road
Well I wasn't expecting that!!
It's got to be...
Back to the Future!
"You've got to come back with me!" "Where?"
Hello!
He really was frying actual leaves
It is an actual maple leaf?
Yeah!
Today we're in Osaka
And we're exploring Denden Town!
We didn't see the famous Glico sign
I can't believe we didn't see it?!
Apparently it's right there
Ah it's behind us!