Osaka Visit to Chris Doonan's Dojo - Saturday 9th February

I had arranged to meet Chris at his dojo in Osaka so after two train rides followed by a subway ride and a taxi journey I made it at last.

 

 

I spent a few hours chatting with Chris and watching the children train and even done a bit of refereeing for the kids kumite matches. It was a fun few hours which I really enjoyed. But it was time to head off and find my hotel I had booked for the evening in Osaka. Kyoto was fully booked so I was going to spend the night in Osaka and head off to Kyoto early in the morning.

I arrrived at my hotel which was fairly easy to find and it looked nice enough - the bonus was it had a starbucks in the hotel so I was in my element.

I checked into my room then headed for a coffee and cake at starbucks - well it would be rude not to eh!

To be honest there was not much around the hotel and the room was basic so not the best part of my trip. I decided to just relax in a bath then head to starbucks for a coffee plus I get wifi in Starbucks so could browse facebook for a while. Once I went back to my room I had to call and complain about the noise of the air conditioning (even when it was switched off) but was basically told tough thats the way it was and nothing they could do! Thanks for the help such friendly staff not!