Originally Posted by
Davvidd
My first time to Japan too. I need to go and stay in Osaka for a couple of days and then go to a place called Takamatsu City. I will be arriving from MNL and then going to Toronto.
What is the best city to arrive then. Takamatsu or Osaka or there are more and better flights to Tokyo? I may have to leave from Tokyo to go to Toronto. Is it easy to travel in Japan if you do not know Japanese? How do I get from the airport to a hotel and how expensive are the taxis from the airport?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Are you/work paying cash or going on miles? Splitting the inbound and outbound on different LLC/alliances might be the most time efficient.
Takamatsu's a smaller airport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamatsu_Airport It probably makes sense to fly to KIX and take the train into Osaka
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2033.html Which train might depend on where in Osaka you might need to stay. JR Haruka makes sense for Osaka Tennoji area while the Nankai line goes to Namba, which tends to have more of the entertainment sector.
JR train between Osaka and Takamatsu
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EodzgaXSS7jTb12E6.
Air Canada does offer a 3x weekly flight from KIX to YYZ during the summer months
https://www.flightsfrom.com/KIX-YYZ otherwise NRT or HND to YYZ.
There's plenty of tourism in Osaka so English isn't a problem. There is plenty of info online for Osaka including restaurant/menu suggestions if you have dietary limitations.
Takamatsu- you won't have issues checking into a hotel or using Google Maps. Ask for the office's phone number for taxi driver's navigation or directions from whomever you are visiting (assuming there's a specific destination in Takamatsu as it's not on the usual first time visitor list). Confirm the info with Google maps and street view.