Regarding the accomodation, type 'osaka business hotel' in google- all the hotels in the list are quite cheap, ranging from AUD %50 to 80 per night.
I will also travel to Japan from Melb in June, but will go to Tokyo and Nagoya.
Good luck
• 回複:These three cities are very close to each other -atraveller- ♀ (79 bytes) () 05/18/2010 postreply 16:40:41