Other than the schedule of the return flight allowed me to have the time to visit Osaka, the reason I chose China Airlines for my flights to Kansai International Airport for this trip was that I wanted to try their business class products after experienced the business class of EVA Airways and TransAsia Airways. At the end, China Airlines provided standard hard and soft business products on par with other airlines, that there were nothing to complain about but there were also nothing exceed expectation.

China Airlines’ business class lounge located at D concourse of Terminal 2 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.


One of the seating area inside the lounge.


Self-helping food and drink area inside the lounge.


Dim sum and made-to-order braised beef noodles served in the lounge.


China Airlines’ Airbus A330-300 parked at Terminal 2 of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.


China Airlines’ Boeing 747-400 taxiing to gate at Kansai International Airport. The plane just arrived from New York.


Economy class cabin of China Airlines’ Airbus A330-300.


Business class cabin of China Airlines’ Airbus A330-300.


Business class seats inside China Airlines’ Airbus A330-300.


Business class cabin on the upper deck of China Airlines’ Boeing 747-400.


Handsets provided to business class passengers.


Sanity bags for passengers.


Drink menu for business class passengers. The reflective cover was hard to capture on photos.


Pre-flight snacks and drinks.


Japanese style roasted chicken for business class branch.


Desserts for business class branch.


Japanese style roasted abalone and chicken main courses for business class dinner.


Desserts for the business class dinner.

These are web albums of pictures I took during this trip to Japan.

Kumano Sanzan (Kumano Shrines)	Matsushima of Kii (Katsuura Bay)
Shingu	Osaka Castle
Eating at Kii

I took the train to the city of Osaka after checked out from the hotel. I visited the Osaka castle and did some shopping before heading to the airport.

Flowers inside the Osaka castle park.

Local and foreign visitors in front of the keep of the Osaka castle.

Multi-media displays showing the history of Osaka Castle.

View of the castle ground and the city of Osaka from the top floor of the keep.

View of the Osaka Castle Hall and nearby buildings.

The main gate and one of the corner turrets of the Osaka castle.

The keep of Osaka castle behind flowers.

The banquet hall inside the Nishi no Maru garden.

Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in front for the Toyokuni Shrine that commemorated him.

Apple store at Osaka.

Sunset at Osaka Kansai international airport.

My ride just arrived from New York.

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After checked out from the hot spring hotel, I joined the Katsuura bay boat tour. I then visited the sacred sites in mount Nachi in the morning and attractions in Kushimoto in the afternoon. I went back to Katsuura to stay at another hot spring hotel in the evening.

View of the Katsuura bay from the hill top trail of the hotel.

View of the Taiji bay at the end of the hill top trail.

Hot spring hotels on an island.

Rocky islands scattered in the Katsuura bay, also known as the Mastushima of Kii.

Whaling ship displayed at whale museum at the shore of Taiji bay.

The husband and wife pines at the start of the stone paved trail to the sacred sites.

Interestingly, only pines immediately to the both sides of the trail were old and giant. Pines further away from the trails were mostly young and small.

The entrance of the Kumano Nachi Taisha.

The main halls of the Kumano Nachi Taisha decorated in bright colors.

The censer with burning pine sticks in front of the main hall of the Kumano Nachi Taisha.

The gate of the Seiganto temple.

The main hall of the Seiganto temple.

View of the Nachi fall and the three-story pagoda from the Seiganto temple.

View of the Nachi fall from the top floor of the three-story tower.

The entrance of the Hiryu Shrine.

The shrine worshiping the waterfall.

View of the Nachi fall from below.

The oyster farms in the bay.

The Hashigui rocks were one of the attractions of Kushimoto.

The lighthouse at Shino-Misaki is the southernmost lighthouse of Honshu.

The stele marking the southernmost tip of Honshu.

View from another hill-top trail of another hotel located on another island offering different views of the Katsuura bay.

Setting sun with rainbow-colored halo over Katsuura.

Katsuura harbor at dusk.

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