Spaziergang in Osaka am Nachmittag: Osaka Burg und Bootsfahrt auf dem Fluss in Osaka

AQUA LINER水上巴士可從水面上飽覽大阪街道景致，路線共有四個碼頭：大阪城港、淀屋橋港、八軒家浜船着場、OAP港，可以自由選擇任一站上下船，從大阪城港出發周遊大阪城約60 分鐘。 春季可以沿途欣賞櫻花大道，夏季有七夕銀河慶典和天神祭，冬季則是「OSAKA光之文藝復興」的彩色燈光圍繞，四季皆有不同景致，收費不一

Although our tour guide was nice, she was not very knowledgeable about Osaka. During our 30-minute walk to the Osaka castle, she offered very little information about the buildings and parks that we passed by. And when I asked her questions about the city's history and landmarks, she did not seem familiar enough with the city to give specific answers to my questions. When we got to the Osaka castle, she waited outside, while all of us tour participants went inside to tour the castle on our own. And when she brought us to go on the river cruise, she did her best to tell us what she knew about the sites along the cruise route -- but there was already a pre-recorded tape of a different tour guide blaring over the ship's speakers, explaining the sites in both Japanese and English. So we could not even hear our own tour guide over the blaring speakers. I was hoping to gain more knowledge and appreciation for Osaka by taking this tour, but I think I would have been better off just going to the Osaka Castle and taking the river cruise on my own.

This tour was great because our guide Yuki was very knowledgable about the history of Osaka and other facts about the castle, this tour only consisted of a tour inside the Osaka Castle, in case you might wander around the castle grounds you have to do it some other time since this tour has time constraints. After the Osaka Castle we headed to the river cruise, for me it was just OK, i honestly got a little bored with it as there is not much interesting to see, or maybe if they provided a great audio guide on the building and places we passed by that would have been great.