{"id":6957,"date":"2019-06-19T21:25:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2019-06-19T21:25:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:25:55","slug":"hep-5-ferris-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/hep-5-ferris-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hep 5 Ferris Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Probably one of the most visible structures seen in downtown Osaka is a Red Ferris Wheel on top of a building. This is the Hep 5 wheel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEP stands for “Hankyu Entertainment Park” (credit to Osaka station website<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of those things I would typically excuse, but this is also a huge wheel on top of a building, so I wanted to try it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked from Osaka station to the Hep 5 building. It was a few minutes walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In all honesty, the Wheel is impressive.
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Once I got into the Lobby of HEP 5, I followed the escalators up to the 7th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had the Osaka Amazing pass and the HEP 5 wheel was covered. But the cost of the ticket isn’t much, I believe 600 Yen (about $6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was on Saturday and there wasn’t a line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wheel moves slowly and takes about 15 minutes to make a full revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the capsule’s glass, facing each direction, are red outline guides to what buildings are in view. That’s pretty cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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