June 24th was my first full day of being here in Japan. And what did I do, I rode the Hankyu rail line around Nishinomiya and Osaka. :) I had a lot of fun doing so and I have 1.5 gigs of pictures and videos to show for it. First, we had to get to the Hankyu rail station in Nishinomiya. Let me just say that Nishinomiya-kitaguchi is larger than the King Street Station in Seattle. Once we got to the station, Aunt Chrissy and me had to get our tickets. They use ticketing machines over here in Japan. After we got our tickets, we boarded our train to Takarazuka, then on to Umeda. This line is very beautiful to travel for $1.50, if you play your cards right. after riding on the line, we got of and went back home for the day. I had to lead the way back.
Nishinomiya is a nice suburb of Osaka, about 15 minutes to Umeda Station (Grand Central Station of Osaka) via a express train.
I will post more tomorrow (6-29-08)
Matthew Walker
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