The counter to purchase your ticket is at the arrival hall:
The counter accepts payment via credit card, which is a good thing if you want to ensure the existing cash (JPY) in your wallet (which you've converted before coming to Japan) will last you the whole trip.
A one-way ticket from Kansai International Airport to the city costs JPY 1,550:
My first purchase in Japan was a bus ticket.
You may also buy your ticket at the machines outside the arrival hall where the buses are:
See the two staff standing there ... they're ready to assist anyone buy tickets from the machines, especially since all the instructions are in Japanese.
We joined the queue together with the other nihon jin:
Hidden in the photo: Staff collecting our luggage and lining them up so that the luggage can be placed in the belly of the bus immediately when it arrives.
While waiting for the bus, I went gallivanting to snap photos of the airport. Here are two photos:
The square shaped grey colloured airport building looks like the movie set of Ultraman, you know the one where Ultraman will fight the monster amidst the square shaped, grey buildings.
The bus ride to Osaka city took about an hour.
Along the way I saw the harbour, fishing boats, factories ... all so clean and well organised. I didn't take many photos because it's difficult to snap photos from a moving bus, but here's one:
Later I found out it's the Umeda Sky Building. Pardon the glass reflection.
Soon we arrived at the first stop where we got off, i.e. Hotel New Hankyu:
I saw this nice waiting area for travellers going to the airport:
Osaka has two airports: Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport.
Hotel New Hankyu links to the Umeda Station which is an integral part of the major transportation hub in Osaka city. From Umeda Station subway lines run to all parts of Osaka city and the Kansai region.
From Umeda Station we took the subway (not the sandwich) to get to our Airbnb in Aikawa.
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