Jejak Sakura 2016: Minoo Park

Minoo Park, Osaka
Saturday, 16 Apr 2016

Rasanya tak banyak yang boleh cover jalan-jalan hari ni, so, kami ke Minoo Park dulu. Minoo Park is open 24hrs & no entrance fee.

From shin-Osaka station, naik JR Kyoto line to Osaka station. Ohh, most attraction kat Osaka ni, kena access dari Osaka station kalau naik train. So, kalau nak jalan-jalan di Osaka, kami akan ke Osaka Station dulu. From Osaka station, no direct train to Minoo station, so, kena jalan sikit to umeda (hankyu) station. From Umeda, take the Hankyu Takarazuka Line from Hankyu Umeda Station to Ishibashi Sation (15 min) and transfer to the Hankyu Minoo Line to Minoo Station (5 min). The entire one way trip (Hankyu Umeda station – Minoo station) takes about 25 minutes and costs 270 yen. Train from Umeda station to Minoo station is not covered by the JR Pass, so, kami guna Pasmo. 

Welcome to Osaka

Osaka City

Jalan menuju ke Hankyu Umeda Station

View yang boleh kelihatan dari Osaka station menuju Umeda Station for Minoo

Nak sampai ke Minoo Park, just a short walk north of Hankyu Minoo Station. 

The trail from the station to the waterfall does not have any dramatic inclines, is paved and should take most visitors about 45min to 1hr to walk (one way). The first half of the trail passes by several shops, temples, buildings and other facilities, while the later half is a bit steeper and surrounded by trees. Katanya, during the fall, it is one of the best places in the Kansai Region to see the autumn colors. And the colors are usually best in the second half of November. 

Keluar jer dari Minoo station akan terus nampak bangunan ni

Lot of shop houses

Estimated distance to guide you

Semakin menghampiri senja

Ada saja bangunan traditional & kedai-kedai di sepanjang jalan

Nice view heading to Minoo waterfall

Ada Torii gate juga disini

The Green Sakura... hahaha

Ini kalau musim autumn memang excellent view lah route ni

Masa kami sampai pun dah pukul 5pm and most of the visitors pun ramai yang dah start nak balik. Tengok map dia macam jauh lagi nak kena jalan sampai waterfall. About 2.0km lagi dari “You’re here”. Emmhhh, mula-mula tu semangat, lama-lama macam malas pulak bila fikirkan by the time kami sampai dah gelap agaknya, hahaha. Dan bayangan sakura pun tak tak ada, lagi menguatkan kemalasan. 

Aku tak pasti kalau sakura season, sini juga ada bunga, boleh jadi masa kami sampai ni dah end of sakura season

Cantik pulak jambatan merah ni

Teringat emoticon kat dalam Iphone

Finally we spotted one area yang ada sakura

Lain sikit bunga ni but still nice

Gugur dah pun sakura

We ended the trip and return back to Osaka City. Kami tak terus balik ke Apartment tapi kami sambung jalan-jalan di Yodobashi nearby Osaka Station. Nak tengok koleksi jam Baby G yang terkini. 

To be continued...