Osaka - Hype in Tokyo

Dotonbori travel photography gallery

by josephbautista | Nov 13, 2016 | Japan, Osaka, Photography | 0 Comments

The city of Osaka is known as one of the gastronomy spots of Japan, and most of its restaurants are concentrated in the streets of Dotonbori. Along the Dotonbori river there’s a large number of restaurants, huge billboards and flashy neon lights to get you distracted...

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

by josephbautista | Oct 2, 2016 | Japan, Osaka | 0 Comments

If there’s something I like to do on spare time, that is to observe and learn, and I found in aquarium that kind of mind relax that people can get from an art exhibition. Marine life fascinates and scares me, and is good to know about the animal life in our...

Dotonbori neon food streets

by josephbautista | May 8, 2016 | Food, Japan, Osaka | 0 Comments

Expo ’70 Commemoration Park (Bampaku kinen-koen 万博記念公園)

by josephbautista | Aug 23, 2015 | Japan, Osaka | 0 Comments

UPDATED: In autumn 2015 the latest project, Osaka Expoland will be inaugurated. This will be the largest entertainment and shopping center in all Japan, reactivating the whole area of the Expo ’70 Bampaku park. The Expo ’70 Bampaku Park in Osaka has a...

Osaka Castle

by josephbautista | Nov 13, 2014 | Japan, Osaka | 0 Comments

Osaka castle, one of the most popular to visit inside a major city boundaries in Japan. The original dates from the 16th century and had a main role in the unification of Japan. Nowadays and after many restorations, is a museum about the history of the caslte and the...

Umeda Sky Building

by josephbautista | Oct 18, 2014 | Japan, Osaka | 0 Comments

Back in Osaka, I visited few years ago the Umeda Sky Building, a 40 storage 2 tower building complex in Umeda area. As I learned there, it was going to be a project of 4 towers interconnected named “the city of air” back in the 80’s but it turned...

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Travel photographer and journalist. Degree in Tourism management and master's degree in Travel Journalism. Lived and studied in Tokyo for more than 2 years, where I started my blog Hype in Tokyo. I kept the name from that period in Tokyo for my travel projects as a memento of where it all started.