Published date: August 25, 2025
Solo Trip with Seishun 18 Ticket!
Room Type Stayed
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Experience of the stay
It's just a 10-minute walk from Shin-Osaka Station, which is conveniently accessible! Normally, I only use it when taking the shinkansen, so I had never exited the ticket gate before, but I was able to explore around Shin-Osaka Station. The station building, arde! Shin-Osaka, has many shops, so I didn’t have to worry about meals.
Experiences during the trip
I went to Osaka to watch a play and see exhibits. Initially, I planned to take the shinkansen, but changed my plan to travel by local trains to save money during the Seishun 18 ticket period! On the way there, I had a stopover in Nagoya where I participated in a sample grab event at @cosme Nagoya and bought some collaboration goods at Dragons Store featuring Doara and Myakumyaku. I aimed to grab a full-size lip product at the sample event but, perhaps due to greed, I couldn't grab anything at all (laughs), and the collaboration goods were sold out on the same day, which was disappointing... For lunch, I had chilling ebi-ten kishimen, then headed straight to Shin-Osaka. It took about 11 hours one way. The next day, I strolled around Osaka Castle Park until the show started. I couldn't get into Osaka Castle because the line was too long... I watched the play "Romeo Cry and Juliet Anger 2025". The performance was really amusing, full of laughter and tears. I'm glad I experienced the grand finale for the first time. After that, I went to the "Missing Person Exhibition". I was lucky to be able to go since I couldn't attend when it was held in Tokyo. Everything was fiction, but it felt so realistic that it gave me chills... On the last day, I boarded a train around 9:30 AM, intending to see a castle at Ogaki Station, but it was closed, so I went straight to Hamamatsu Station. I had a shirasu bowl set at a restaurant where you can get tororo. The side dishes were plentiful and the tororo was delicious! After that, I spent two and a half hours on the train from Hamamatsu Station to Atami Station, which hurt my backside, but a few hours later, I returned to my nearest station. The return journey also took about 11 hours. This was my first time using the Seishun 18 ticket, and I enjoyed passing through stations I hadn’t been to before, and doing things I wouldn’t normally do, like changing the direction of my seat based on the direction of the train! I want to go on another Seishun 18 ticket trip while I still have the energy.