Osaka Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus, City Subway Pass & Cruise Ticket
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4.21
Good and intimate
Reviewed by: Lcc, 2018/07/01Friendly and intimate driver as well as tour guide on the bus
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| Activity Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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Easy way to see Osaka
Reviewed by: Michelle, 2017/11/21We arrived into Osaka station and after asking at the information desk we were at number 10 bus stop within 10 minutes and on the bus, the staff are fantastic, excellent English and a very good driver, we enjoyed the booklet that gave good information about each stop, at stop 1 you can use a very clean restroom and get back onto the bus, we then stayed on until we reached Osaka Castle, the stop is at the entrance gate which is convenient, we spent many hours at the castle and had a leisurely stroll back to meet the bus which had the same lovely staff we'd met in the morning, they greeted us back onto the bus and we completed the loop back to Osaka Station, we found the service very easy to use, stops are well located, the boat rides though we did not use them were well located from what we could see from the bus especially the one at stop 9, every one that got on and off were also happy with the service, bus was very easy to identify and was very clean, we would definitely recommend this service and next time we travel to Osaka we will use this service again, a big thank you to our guide on the bus and our driver we enjoyed our day very much and we saw so much of Osaka in a short time.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/19 |
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Osaka hop on and off
Reviewed by: Adam Fraser, 2017/10/12We had two days to explore Osaka while staying in the Namba area which is pretty much the top destination anyway. We traveled in October where the weather fluctuated frequently however we had a nice sunny day to explore the city. One issue we had was no finding the boat at the 9th stop. We almost missed the bus trying to find it. It just wasn’t there. We had different guides with different capacities to deliver a proper account of the trip. Walking from stop 13 to 6 was a great idea but we miss the boat there as well as it stops at 6pm. Our first stop was the castle which was worth it. We didn’t pay to go inside and we content with hanging around enjoying the scenery. I liked Osaka and would recommend you give it a look.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/10/11 |
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Our Osaka escapade.
Reviewed by: Noli D. Bayani, 2016/12/07We are glad that it was a wonderful experienced again with your company. Actually the last time was when we went to Nagoya and Tokyo . We rented a wifi router and it served us excellently. This is both now the hop on hop off tour but i rented again the wifi which I was able to use my points with my prevoius order. Immediately it was deducted from my total bill after i informed them. I would love to use Ventra for our next tour. I was sad when we had our tour in Europe and America , those countries were not served by your company. I there will be expansion on your services. Indeed the Osaka loop bus has a wonderful staff, I would like to commend Ms Mai she did a wonderful job. I hope that you will keep her in your company. All the places that we visited were all interesting especially when we had the Osaka river cruise. We had also a wonderful crew. We had the comfort because we were provided with a jacket and warmer.The crew even helped us to capture the moment with our i phone. He took picture repeatedly to get a good shot. Even up to the end of the our tour we were escorted up to our way to our hotel. It was a memorable again for us to have you as our companion in our journey to every vacation that we have. I wish your company more power and continue to serve us with quality service that will satisfy our needs.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/12/02 |
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Not bad, but not great
Reviewed by: Kerry, 2016/11/24We had only one day in Osaka, so I decided to take the bus tour to make our last day of holidays easy for us. The weather was perfect and prime for seeing the sights, we were lucky to only have 10 minutes wait before we had a bus come through. They were happy to take the voucher directly from me which made this a lot easier. I did a similar bus tour in Tokyo and they were much more strict. The guides were friendly and as helpful as could be, although there was a distinct variance in their English language ability.
On this bus you are relying on the guide to inform you the whole way, there is no recorded guide or earphones to listen to. I prefer having a person point out the sight to a recorded guide, however I feel that the guides we had were not really that informed themselves, so didn't offer much insight.
The biggest downfall of the bus is the amount of time between buses. 70 minutes wait between buses is just too long. I suspect that if the wait time was less, there would be a lot more passengers going on this bus.
I thought the boat ride was a nice addition to the tour. But we worked out that given the long wait times between stops, we didn't have time to work this into our day. You have to be very careful about where you get off and be clear of when the next bus will come through or you can be stranded.
This bus is really for people who want transport between tourist destinations (mainly shopping), it's not really a sight seeing bus.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/17 |
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Bus tour hop on hop off
Reviewed by: Vivien, 2016/11/12Very nice tour. We had problem finding the bus stop but finanally got it. We had 2 different tour guides. They are very nice and friendly. We know a lot about the city. The boat driver is extremely nice. We had chance to take so many good pics. Osaka is a beautiful city. I really like Kyoto as well. Japanese food is very delicious. Food and drink can be purchased everywhere. Never have problems finding them. Dotonburi is very busy but we like it very much! What we like most in Japan is safe, tradition and people. The tour itself is just an introduction about the city. They need to tell us more about the history of the city. They also need to improve the bus stop. Some of them are very hard to find, especially for tourists. I see the tour have many room to improve. Also every 1h will be too long, should be every 30 minutes. But they said there are only 2 buses. We got a good deal from Veltra with rebate for second person. However we could only did 1 day cause we did not have much time.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/10 |
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Great way to see the sights of Osaka
Reviewed by: Sharon, 2016/11/08As it is a new tour unfortunately our hotel couldn't send us to the closest stop so we started at nbr 1. The guide book was in english and the 4 tour guides we had all provided different depths of information. We found the 70 mins between drop off and pickups enough time at stops to look and see everything we wanted. Perhaps more of an overview of how to get to stop recommendations before you got off the bus. We have done hop on hop off buses in lots of cities and pre recorded in clear english would be very helpful with the guide then able to answer specific questions. We didn't do the boat ride as time didn't permit but would recommend to first timers to osaka. We left a copy of the book at our hotel for the staff so they can be more helpful next time!
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/07 |
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