We leave this morning for Osaka, Japan: You can vicariously follow our trip through this blog. I hope to this time have few more videos. I bought an OSMO Pocket 3 video camera. We will first be staying at the Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel. Read about our previous visit in November of 2023 . Our hotel is on floors 38 to 57 in the 60 story Abeno Harukas, the tallest building in Osaka. Then, on to the 2025 Osaka Expo: We will then take the Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Shin-Yokohama Station, a train ride of two hours. We will need to transfer to Yokohama Station so that we can walk to the Sheraton Yokohama Bay Hotel , where we have stayed many times. In Japan, it is traditional to just transfer any large suitcase from one hotel to the next for a reasonable cost. This hotel sits on top of a very large shopping mall that connects to the train station. Then, 16 days on the Oceania Riviera. We have 5 days to spend in Vancouver....

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