I was in Osaka, Japan in July 2009 on business. We stayed at the Swissotel near Namba Station. This area isn't quite as English friendly as the area around the Shinagawa Station in Tokyo but we managed to make out ok.

During our time here we went into Kyoto. Some of the folks we were meeting with were nice enough to take us to Kyoto and show us around. We had a great time and got to see some really neat stuff. I'll post some pictures as soon as I have time.