Flight to Osaka

• Woke up around 2:30 am to prepare any last-minute stuffs. I’ve already loaded the luggage and stroller in the car.
• Dropped them at the entrance of Departure Level from parking as I will look for the parking space. I worry that I can’t find a parking space in time. Thank God I found a couple who are about to leave their slot and wait for them to leave to take it.
• Sabay na kami pumasok sa loob ng airport na may kasamang inip at excitement kasi natagalan ako maghanap ng parking. It took me around 5-10 minutes to find that parking slot.
• Paid the Travel Tax, P1620 for adult while reduced amount for my 2 kids. While waiting for me, wifey and Ate Len look for Jetstar check-in counter. Grabe pila na rin dito, nastart na rin mabore yung mga kids sa pila. Kami ni Joshua umakyat sa 4th Floor kasi wala naman harang, pag baba na kami sa checkin counter (3rd/F) hinahanapan na kami ng ticket kaso wala pa kasi naka pila pa lang kami to checkin. Buti na lang pinababa naman kami para makabalik sa pila.

• Everything went smooth after check-in at Jetstar.
• We immediately queue to immigration. Kids are in the stroller until we reach the security check only to find out that we need to fill up the form in the etravel website. Grabe ang daming kailangan ifill-up. Dapat nagawa nanamin yun sa bahay palang kasi kailangan din gawan ng QR Code entry for the kids.
• After showing the QR code, the queue to immigration is terrible. Walang maayos na pila sa Priority Lane (PWD, Senior Citizen, Pregnant, and Travelling with small children). It took us 45 minutes to reach the counter, and the kids are already bored. It is already boarding time when with pass the last security check going to boarding gates. We ran to the boarding gate. They were ahead of me looking for the Gate 111 while I found out that the Gate 111 is near, but our boarding gate was move to Gate 106 which is at the last gate of the T3 Left Wing
• We got time to fix ourselves after knowing that boarding time was delayed.

• Based on Flight Radar, our actual departure time was around 7:57am and arrived in Kansai T1 around 12:09 pm.

Arrival at Kansai International Airport

Johan is amaze about the toilet having a map. There is braille all over the map for the blind person to know where to go inside the toilet/comfort room.

After some bladder break, we rode to the shuttle train to bring us to the main building for immigration and custom checks.

We arrived at the main airport building. See how the airport is very clean and organize.

Outside the airport, Johan and Daddy Jaycee went to a bus map to know how cold it is and how to get to our hotel.

We already booked an airport transfer service thru Klook for the convenience and avoid the challenge of navigating the train and transfer with our young kids around.

Arrival to ESLead Hotel

We arrived safely in our hotel.
Check-in went smooth using only this kiosk.

ESLEAD Hotel Osaka Tsuruhashi
Address:
543-0023, Osaka, 16-3 Ajiharacho, Tennojiku

Abeno Harukas Observatory

From JR Tsuruhashi Station, we stop at JR Tennoji Station and walk to Abeno Harukas 300.

Abeno Harukas, at 300m above ground, is a vertical city that integrates cutting-edge urban functions.

View from the Observatory area at 60th/F
Visit their official website for more details.

We had our dinner at 58th/F Sky Garden 300 Restaurant.
Hours: 9:30 – 21:30 (Operating hours may change)

There’s also a Shop Harukas 300 at 59F if you want to buy some souvenirs. For us, mas pinili namin mag picture at kumain.

Before going back to our hotel, we got to have a couple selfie here in the lobby of Abeno Harukas.