{"id":2353,"date":"2013-12-23T07:14:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T22:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-12-23\/2353"},"modified":"2013-12-23T07:14:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T22:14:54","slug":"recommended-osaka-airterminal-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-12-23\/2353","title":{"rendered":"Recommended: Osaka Airterminal Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"045436\" href='\/i\/JF4_045436.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_045436_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"In Real Life this looked much more cool at the Osaka Airterminal Hotel (\u5927\u962a\u56fd\u969b\u7a7a\u6e2f \u30db\u30c6\u30eb), Itami Japan -- Osaka Airterminal Hotel (\u5927\u962a\u56fd\u969b\u7a7a\u6e2f\u30db\u30c6\u30eb) -- Itami, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i045436\"\ntitle=\"In Real Life this looked much more cool at the Osaka Airterminal Hotel (\u5927\u962a\u56fd\u969b\u7a7a\u6e2f \u30db\u30c6\u30eb), Itami Japan -- Osaka Airterminal Hotel (\u5927\u962a\u56fd\u969b\u7a7a\u6e2f\u30db\u30c6\u30eb) -- Itami, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>25 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_045436.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_045436.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>In Real Life<\/span>\n<br\/>this looked much more cool\n<br\/>at the Osaka Airterminal Hotel <span class='nobr'>(\u5927\u962a\u56fd\u969b\u7a7a\u6e2f<\/span>\u30db\u30c6\u30eb), Itami Japan\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I've discovered a new way to travel out of Kyoto\/Osaka: <span class='nobr'>a morning<\/span> flight\nout of Osaka Itami combined with <span class='nobr'>a previous<\/span>-night's stay at the <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.osaka-airterminal-hotel.com\/'>Osaka Airterminal Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Note: the airport is Osaka Itami (ITM), not the larger and more popular (and farther away) Kansai International (KIX).<\/p>\n\n<p>It's less than 45 minutes to my fligh,t but I'm just getting out of <span class='nobr'>a long,<\/span> hot\nbath and now sitting down to write this. No rush. <span class='nobr'>The entrance<\/span> to the gate\nsecurity area is <span class='nobr'>a two<\/span>-minute stroll from the hotel front desk, with <span class='nobr'>a\nStarbucks<\/span> in between any time <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> to avail myself. <span class='nobr'>I already<\/span> checked my bag when <span class='nobr'>I woke<\/span> up, spending the three minutes to walk\nit down to the no-line-yet ticket counter. Back to my room <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> minutes later for breakfast\nand the aforementioned bath.<\/p>\n\n<p>What a great value. A clean, quiet room for $75 is hard enough to find to begin with, but with this kind of convenience providing such <span class='nobr'>a gentle<\/span> start to <span class='nobr'>a 20<\/span>+ hour trip, it's well worth it.<\/p>\n\n<p>The free internet access is <i>blazingly<\/i> fast. Last night <span class='nobr'>I\ndownloaded<\/span> an hour-long video from YouTube to put on my phone. <span class='nobr'>It took just<\/span>\n<span class='nobr'>a minute<\/span> or two.<\/p>\n\n<p>My only words of caution: book in advance (the hotel was fully occupied\nlast night), and note that the free internet is wired only. <\/p>\n\n<p>Oh well, I guess I should get to my plane...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I've discovered a new way to travel out of Kyoto\/Osaka: a morning flight out of Osaka Itami combined with a previous-night's stay at the Osaka Airterminal Hotel.<\/p> <p>Note: the airport is Osaka Itami (ITM), not the larger and more popular (and farther away) Kansai International (KIX).<\/p> <p>It's less than 45 minutes to my fligh,t but I'm just getting out of a long, hot bath and now sitting down to write this. No rush. 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