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Jaunted Embedded Travel Guides: Osaka In 60 Seconds

Jaunted's embed AJ McGuire just got back from Osaka, and he has some final thoughts on traveling Japan.

Back home now in a jet-lag haze, I'm trying to distill a place that takes up so much of my heart into a few quick hits of information. This video should give a brief taste of how it feels. And here are a few end notes on experiencing Osaka yourself.

· What separates a tourist from a traveler is contact with the locals. Learn a bit of the language and talk to people. Don't stay in your bubble snapping pictures. Osaka has more characters per capita than most cities and is a hell of a lot more welcoming than its straight-laced cousin Tokyo.

· Eat everything. Buck up and slurp down a tentacle. Sure, there's some kind of fish in everything, but one of those bites is going to be the best you've had in your life.

· Relax like the locals. Take a hike through the mountains. Lose a few hundred yen at an old school Smartball joint in Shin Sekei. Hit an onsen (natural hot spring) and soak yourself with a dozen naked strangers.

· Osaka is much more than a list of sights to hit. I still have never been to the Sky Tower or Ebisu Plaza or the six hour puppet show that is Bunraku. Just never got around to it. Pace yourself with the sightseeing and just relax in the izakayas. See the city, not the sights.

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