Saturday, August 1, 2009

Osaka, Japan 大阪 (29th-30th July 2009)

Flight No: CX564/CX565 (HKG-TPE-KIX-TPE-HKG)
Date: 29th - 30th Jul 2009
Flying Hours: 1 hour 40 mins (HKG-TPE)
2 hours 35 mins (TPE-KIX)
(GMT +0900)

Osaka (大阪市 Ōsaka-shi) is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.
Osaka is a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture. Osaka has historically been the commercial capital of Japan, and is at the heart of Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Keihanshin (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto), whose population is 18,643,915.
The ratio between daytime and nighttime population is 141%, the highest in Japan, highlighting its status as an economic center. Its nighttime population is 2.6 million, the third in the country, but in daytime the population surges to 3.7 million, second only after Tokyo.
Osaka has traditionally been referred to as the "nation's kitchen", or the mecca of gourmet food.

I went on the caterer's truck to snap this shot during transit in Taipei when L4 door opened, the time when the caterer is busy changing the food carts and ovens in the galley. This is Airbus A330-300, aircraft with 8 doors and the registration alphabet is B-HLF, as you can see in the picture below. This aircraft type has only 2 classes, Business & Economy, with 3 galleys. It can accommodate 44 business class passengers and 267 economy class passengers. With Jess(HKG) from Duty-Free Sales Team and Tin-Yan(HKG)

Kansai International AirportHad dinner with Iris(HKG) and Tin-Yan(HKG) at the Japanese restaurant near our hotel
This restaurant is famous for its deep fried Japanese food, look at how attractive the display is
I ordered a fried pork Japanese rice set, at JPY880 (around HKD75)
Cathay Pacific crew hotel in Osaka

I bought some Japanese noodles and sandwiches at the nearby convenient store - LAWSON