VISITING OSAKA JAPAN THE CANDEO HOTEL WORLDS TALLEST OUTDOOR….PT #8 AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS

VISITING OSAKA JAPAN THE CANDEO HOTEL WORLDS TALLEST OUTDOOR….PT #8 AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS

Hey everybody, how you doing? It’s Bruce here, traveling with Bruce on my 90day journey around the world. And uh this video starts here in Osaka, Japan, where I just got off the bullet train from uh Hroshima on my way back eventually to Tokyo. And I spent a few days here in Osaka, took a cab ride here into town and uh uh I just found it fascinating. Uh, I always do a different city of course, but this taxi cab is at least 30 years old driven by a gentleman wearing white gloves and um putting on his face mask there. Uh, the cab is in absolute immaculate condition for a 30-year-old vehicle. Um, he knew exactly where he was going. Uh, he knew exactly what he was doing. And I found the ride to be a pleasurable experience. though, like any big city, you’re going to run into this a little bit of traffic. But once we got through here, uh we were only a couple of blocks from my hotel apparently. I didn’t realize it, of course, at the time. I know I now know how close we were, but just to get to my hotel that’s less than a/4 mile from this location, we had to go through some back alleys and one-way streets. And uh this gentleman was checking out the maps on his phone and uh he he nailed it perfectly. The thing that has impressed me about Japan is uh how efficient it is, how clean the cities are. Um it’s it’s it’s incredible. There’s so little litter anywhere. And all the cars on the road, I’m amazed at uh what incredible condition they’re in. Um, uh, yes, there are 30 plus year old taxi cabs out here, but none of them have bashed insides or scratches or anything like that, and they’re immaculately clean inside and out. And this reflects the pride of the owners and the respect they have for their clients. You might notice on the seat in front of me there, you’ll see a little white uh covering there. All the seats uh in taxi cabs are covered in a white linen type cloth. and uh they’re spotless and there are no tears. Uh it is really something you can see here this even the even the cab driver’s seat is covered in a linen. I’m sure that uh fairly often they uh have them dry cleananed and re re you know put in a new set quite quite interesting. Probably custom made for this cab with that handle back there. Anyway, my hotel uh the Cando Towers Hotel in Osaka. quite the unique property. I ended up uh staying uh I think it was 5 days here. I could have stayed at the uh at any of the big brand name hotels, but this particular hotel is run by a group out of Japan and they have about I think 42 locations now and I thought I’d give them a try. Uh a couple of features of the hotel stood out to me to um to take a look at and u I’ll show you that here in a minute or two. You’ll understand what I’m talking about. Uh certainly I could have stayed at the Marriott or a Hilton or what have you, but I got to tell you um for the price I paid I was very happy with the value of the hotel. Um I think uh in in Canadian dollars I was around $250 a night Canadian. In American that would be about $180 190 American, something like that. And to have a hotel for that price in this city um pretty good. And this is a unique a unique place. Here’s my room. Room 2526. The hotel starts on the 17th floor and goes up from there to the 32nd, I think 31st. And so here’s my room. And uh by North American standards, it might look a little tiny. Uh for Japanese standards, this is a very roomy room. And there I am. There’s my big fat gut there. You can’t miss it. I like the food in Japan, I got to tell you. Uh, warm of course as always in Japan, the room nice and cool and you could set it to any temperature you want. Uh, unlike some of the hotels in Europe where they restrict how cold you can make your room or how cool you can make your room. No problem with that in in in Japan. Of course, the first thing you check out when you get your new room is the bathroom and you go right to the toilet and you look at all the buttons and you just can’t believe it. Uh, this is all these features, all these settings. I loved it. Uh, I tell you, I I miss these toilets. Uh, now that I’m not in Japan anymore, I I miss them. I I’d love to have one of these in my house, too. As a matter of fact, very very nice. Um, only you’ll only know it when you experience it for yourself. When you actually get yourself to a place like Japan and uh enjoy these toilets for yourself, you’ll realize, wow, are we being jipped in North America with our just little flush button. It’s pretty sad. Anyway, uh walk-in shower and um a sink out here, a little closet area. It it isn’t as spacious as my room was in Tokyo. Uh but it did it worked. It sufficed uh just for me. It was quite good. About a king-size bed there. And um I had coffee and coffee and tea area here, of course, and a nice window with a great view. And that’s what really uh uh sold me on this room as well was just how fantastic the view was. see those cars parked down there? That’s where we were a few moments ago in my video. We were stuck at that light. And uh you got to really know the streets to get from that spot to this building. But uh anyway, Osaka is just like most other Japanese cities. Real estate is at a premium. And uh buildings are tucked into every nook and cranny. Um this city is huge. Uh the metropolitan area of Osaka is massive and the airport is busy as can be. I saw jets flying by all the time. And this is only one portion of Osaka. Honestly, you’re you’re looking at maybe a quarter of the downtown area. I can only look one direction here. I can’t look the three other directions out. There’s the Hilton I could have stayed at, and I’m glad I didn’t. Uh the Hilton didn’t have what this hotel has, and you’ll see that in a moment. Just stick around. I promise you. It’s the world’s tallest. And I’ll leave it at that. Um, here’s a night shot. Same same shot in the evening. Uh, I I spent, you know, every night, uh, 10, 20, 30 minutes just looking out every night at the views. And my camera, it’s just an Apple um, iPhone. Sorry, it’s not high quality. And of course, I don’t know what I’m doing. So, you’ve got an old man here giving you some uh zoom shots of some of the unique uh architectural structures. And there’s the Hilton again. And you can see how poor the resolution is for the signage. It’s just not that great. But anyway, it uh still brought it home how how the Hilton just blended into this massive sea of skyscrapers here in downtown Osaka. Uh quite something to witness. traffic flowing at all hours, but very little pedestrian traffic because what you don’t see from here is the fact that Osaka, like Tokyo, has a massive underground network of shopping malls and um walkways. Their metro system is of course one of the best in the world. And so you really don’t have to go outside very much um if you’re looking to get around town. Um if you work in one of these office towers, uh it’s rare that you’re outside at all. And of course, this being summer, August, it’s very hot, 905 with high humidity. But in the winter, when there’s snow out, uh you’ll appreciate the underground walkway systems of Tokyo, Osaka, and other cities. Uh where you don’t even have to take a winter coat to to uh get a bite to eat or get uh get your laundry picked up or um have an appointment with your accountant or whatever you need to do. It’s very convenient. Um, I’m going to show you a shot here of the outside of the hotel. And here’s where I’ll give you the hint about the world’s tallest something that I was able to enjoy uh at this particular hotel. Here comes the uh a view of the outdoor part of uh Osaka. This is just down the street from my hotel and there are canals running here uh uh through the city. This is, of course, a port city and um they’re hosting Expo 25 this year. Uh, I didn’t go. Um, I didn’t want to do a day ticket and stand in the stand for hours in this oppressive heat, so I didn’t do it. But there’s my hotel right there. And at the very top on those two corners, uh, that is what the feature is all about. Um, this hotel starts on floor 17, goes to floor 31. And on floor 31, they have the spas for men and women, but they’re not like North American spas. These are Japanese baths and men go in one area of the hotel or that floor and women the other. And you are um expected to come into the locker change area and you uh you get naked and you uh walk into a shower facility and uh soap yourself off nicely and then you get to enjoy these uh baths uh that are up here on the top floor. one one uh area for men only, one for women only. And those that corner up there that you see that’s open. We’ll see here in just a second. There it is. That is an outdoor infinity bath that is the tallest in the world for men and women. And here’s a shot, a publicity shot that I found. Uh you’re not allowed to bring a camera up here for obvious reasons cuz you’re up here naked. Uh you have no clothing on when you’re in here. This pool is about 2 ft deep. It’s very warm, very hot water, and you’ve already cleaned yourself off completely, and now you’re inside this area with this incredible view outside here. If the weather is inclement or bad winds, you’re indoors. This is the men’s pool inside, and the women have one just as large. I Here’s what it looks like just outside the hotel. Hey everybody, how you doing? Bruce here, traveling with Bruce. Japan is the most interesting place. It really is. Uh what I find amazing is what you and I what you and I would consider back in North America an alleyway is actually considered a street here. And uh what you have are businesses here in some cases. Some cases you have entryways to parking, you know, parking garages and that type of thing. Uh but um you also have basically apartment buildings right here. Here’s an entryway to an apartment or or a condo, I don’t know. And the elevator’s right there. And uh you know, it’s it’s about three four stories tall and it goes along here. And there are people who, you know, park their cars here uh either underground or at ground, I don’t know. And then right next door without even any you know big deal you’ll have over here like a parking lot that uh that holds maybe 10 cars just 10. And then here you have a distribution outlet where inside this building are trucks loading up with beverages, beer, you know, for the local restaurants and the local stores and so on. Same here. Here’s another one. These little these little uh trucks here. Ready to go. You always have your You always got your vending machines, you know. And then here you got this unique building here. Unique condo. Now, if you look behind me, you’ll see a guy with a stick. I don’t know if you can see him, but I’m going to just zoom in on him now. Okay, I’m back. So, down here you got you got a guy with a stick there. See him down there? See him on your phone? That guy is in front of that building. That’s the US consulate building. And that is high security. And I’m not even going to go there with a camera running to try to film it. I walked by there earlier. Didn’t want to make them mad or anything like that. Anyway, amazing. Uh here’s, you know, major intersection in a little neighborhood here in Japan. Not really. Just kidding. But, you know, you’ve got you’ve got signage in the back here for these places. Um businesses that are running. Oh, either they’re not running today being Sunday, but there you go. There you go. Right there. Your salsa village. And uh I say you’ve got it. It’s just the most incredible place. Every single square inch of land is used up. And this is Osaka. And uh it’s not downtown Tokyo, but it’s Osaka. And you can just see how how utilized everything is. Every square inch, there’s no wasted space here, folks. These little parking areas. This might be big enough for a North American house or two here. But in Japan, this is enough room to put 20 cars. Here’s a unique looking place. Look at this. These unique trees. Look at that. Is that amazing? I’m not sure if it’s a house of worship or what, but it is, but sure is cool. Sorry for the uh the audio quality, folks. I’m taping outside and now I’m back inside here. This is the Osaka Castle. This is uh used to be the emperor’s uh uh residence uh or one of the many uh today uh you see school kids up there, tour groups uh getting tours of these places. This park is right in the middle of Osaka and I I rode a bike uh one day through here. It’s absolutely gorgeous, beautiful, peaceful, and quiet. Absolutely amazing. Uh I’m I’m uh going to get quiet again. And I’m going to let you just hear how literally how quiet it is. Hang on. And here we are inside the Osaka rail station. I’m inside the highspeed rail uh part of the station. I just love people watching in Japan. I get a kick out of just seeing what normal everyday life is like in Japan. And I just love standing off to the side and being a fly in the wall and just watch the pattern of of what happens on a daily basis. It’s unbelievable uh how popular these trains are, but uh you can see why when you take one. They’re on time. They’re clean. They’re efficient. Uh they’re well priced. It is an absolute miracle this uh this country how they’ve put it together since the Second World War. Um uh the the population have bought in to the national obsession of efficiency um of uh high quality uh infrastructure uh organized um and and respect for elders and and for for workplace and so on. It’s not perfect but uh it is something to see. Um, this is uh me getting a ride um back to the airport from Tokyo uh back to the uh airport to head out to Singapore. And I’m in the front seat of the airport limo bus uh that takes you right from your hotel, in my case, the Hilton Tokyo right to the airport. And uh a lot of people watching as they’re, you know, hordes crossing the street here. Some are tourists, uh some are visitors, uh many are locals, uh going from one place to another. And you can tell it’s summertime because uh folks are fanning themselves. They’ve got umbrellas for the sun to keep the sun off their skin. Um and uh they’re making the way across. And of course there’s always stragglers. Every city has them. Uh they’re the ones getting through. The ride to the airport in Tokyo is something else. Um you you really get to see from, you know, downtown right to the BBS and then right out. But we’re heading to a Hanita and we’re coming up to go over a massive bridge and uh I saw the bridge out of the corner of my eye and I thought, “Oh, turn the camera on. Turn the camera on. Get this.” And uh here we have these lanes coming together and uh we’re all going to cross this bridge. It is quite massive. I noticed it over here uh the suspension bridge that we’re coming up to going over the bay. And um it’s just incredible how this country has been uh built out. Every building you’re looking at uh you know almost all of Tokyo has been rebuilt from scratch since the Second World War. I mean yeah there it wasn’t uh hit with an atomic bomb but Tokyo was terribly destroyed by fires during the end of the Second World War. And so everything here was built rebuilt from scratch and probably rebuilt a second time. And so we’re now sitting on and and and going over a bridge that’s, you know, maybe 10, 15 years old. The entire city is 30, 40, 50 years old. And it shows um it’s just amazing. Look at look at the view from here. Uh these skyscrapers and many still being built. There is no stopping Japan in its expansion. It is quite amazing. Um the 80s were the boom years. Uh they had the Olympics in uh a few years ago, delayed by a year by the pandemic, but they pulled it off and uh they have a lot to be proud for. I loved my trip in Japan. Uh 3 weeks uh I’d love to go back, spend another 3 weeks, haven’t seen but the surface of it. Um recommended highly for any of you ever get a chance to go, you go. Um whether you’re going to see the the big tourist sites, uh knock yourself out. You can see Disney World here, or you can see Universal Studios, all the other sites, or head for that big tower over there. Or whether you’re like me just trying to absorb what daily life is like here. And uh it it is worth your while. Thank you again for joining me. Uh we’ll bring out another part of my round the world trip. Uh hit the thumbs up button and um we’ll keep you posted. It’s on to Singapore. That’s my next stop. And we’ll start bringing videos out for Singapore shortly. Thanks everybody. Bye for now.

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