Midosuji Illumination 2019

Midosuji Illumination 2019

You can enjoy quite long (Over 4 km!) illumination at Midosuji Street.

It is only 2 minutes away from our hostel and you can just walk straight to Namba or Umeda with these beautiful illumination :)

・From the 4th of November to the 31st of December

・5PM ~ 11PM

・Midosuji (Umeda to Namba) 

Different blocks have different illuminations!

<Reference: https://www.hikari-kyoen.com/en/>

<Reference: https://www.hikari-kyoen.com/en/>

Osaka Ilumination @ Midosuji 2014

Hello! This is Masae from Osaka Hana Hostel.

It' getting cold in Osaka and it is hard to get out from the bed in the morning....

But this is my favorite season in a year!!

Mido-suji Illumination 2014 is going to start from the 1st of December!
Mido-suji Avenue is the famous and it is knows as the main street in Osaka which run from North to South.
And under Midosuji Avenue, there is Subway called Midosuji subway runs.

You can see it near Osaka Hana Hostel!

Illumination used to be started from Honmachi area (5minutes walk from Osaka Hana Hostel) , so our guests need to walk a little bit to see them.

Sometime of our guests didn't know there was illumination and it was so pity...
So I recommend them to walk there to see it. It is worth to see it.

BUT from this year, they extend the lights to Namba Station (southern station from Shinsaibashi), so you can see it at Shinsaibashi!

I am so excited about this event!
This light towards to Yodoyabashi area about 3km. 

Also more illumination event is held in Osaka!
http://www.hikari-kyoen.com/en/coreprogram/midosuji


Mido-suji Illumination 2014
●Date : Dec. 1 (Mon), 2014 - Jan. 18 (Sun), 2015
●Time : Around 17:00 - 23:00

Please keep you warm and enjoy these event!

Osaka Aquarium =Illumination=

The big illumination event will be held at Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan)
from the 22nd of November to the 2nd of March, 2014!!

This is their 9th year since they started doing the illumination.
And it will be the biggest one ever they have with one million lights!!

On their wall, you will see the Blue Whale -the biggest animal on the planet.
It looks stunning...

The event wasn't out,
but I went there with my colleague Bobo & Anne last week!

It was Bobo's first time and she was excited!!
This is the replica of a great white shark.
So scary..!!

We encountered the feeding time for sea otter.
The aquarium keepers are really nice, they throw their food toward where we stand, so we could see them really closer.

My favourite animal, sea turtle.
He looks like flying in the water. calm and beautiful.

【Aquarium Illumination！】

《Period》　22nd of November (Friday) - 2nd of March, 2014 (Sunday)　
        ※Aquarium close on the 8th & 9th of January, 12th &13th of February
　　　　　
《Time》　5PM～10PM (partially close at 8PM)

《Place》　Around Aquarium

《Fee》　Free （If you would like to get in the Aquarium, Entrance fee is required）



We are so proud to have the Aquarium in Osaka!! 

http://www.kaiyukan.com/language/eng/index.htm

 

"Kaiyu-ticket" will be great ticket to explore Osaka, which include an admittion for Aquarim

and 1day unlimited subway pass in Osaka for 2550yen!

(normally admittion fee for aquarium is 2300yen)

Please ask the receptionist at Osaka Hana Hostel or J-hoppers Osaka.

http://www.kaiyukan.com/language/eng/info/kaiyu_ticket_1.pdf

We hope you enjoy it !!

Illuminations!!!

Are you ready for Christmas??
Here in Osaka,there are a lot of illuminations events in this month and we'd like to show some of them today.

*Sky building
-There is the HUGE Christmas tree just under the building!
They are also having German Christmas market.
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/event_6863.html

*Renaissance of Light in Osaka
-only 10 minutes walk from J-Hoppers Osaka
http://www.hikari-renaissance.com/mt/en/

*MIDWAY OSAKA
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/event_8728.html

*Universal Studios Japan Wonder Christmas
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/event_8720.html

*Illumination Cruise Service
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/event_8719.html

*WTC Chrismas Illumination
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/event_8662.html

The last one is not in Osaka, it's in Kobe.
But it's very famous and big event in this season!
*Kobe Luminarie*
This event is requiem of Great Hanshin earthqueke.
http://www.kobe-luminarie.jp/

So, get your warm clothes and go to the town!!