After adopting a lifestyle that incorporates travel and impromptu international trips, it forced me to reevaluate how I traveled, and more importantly how to travel efficiently.  On all my trips within the last few years, I have only carried my backpack and a personal bag (usually my tote bag or purse). 

Osaka, Japan is just as magical as everyone dreams it to be.  Before I visited, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Even though I lived in the eastern side of the world for a couple of months, I would be visiting a culture that I had minimal exposure to and could only limit my knowledge to the pop cultural phenomenon anime.