The trip was a good introduction to Osaka. The trip was an hour long which we found to be the right length of time to be on a bus tour with three teens.
The English "audio-guide" was okay but it would have been better... more if we had been able to go back track or fast forward forward the tape 15 seconds or so at a time, so as to get in sync with what we were seeing out the window. This feature seemed to be unavailable. Also, I found the head phones didn't stay in my ears well, so it may be a good idea for future tourists to bring along their own head phones to plug into the audio set.
The bus has glass sides which meant we were nice and sheltered. It is a good idea to bring a hat and something to drape over one's arms as the sun can get pretty hot through the glass.
Also, perhaps the place where one catches the bus could be made a little bit clearer. We ended up waiting by the spot where the brochures were, but in fact this was not where the bus stopped. None the less, we were able to see the bus stop a a couple of stops along the bus platform.
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