Turtle in Osaka, Japan

So here we are, coutdown to Japan, 2 weeks away.
Bloggin your Japanese experiences seems to be the thing to do for expats so I'm joining in.
So here's what I know already.
I'm departing LHR around 18:00 on 28th February and landing and some airport near Osaka the next day some time. It's a 12 hour flight so I'm looking forward to that. On a plus side Charley's mum did say that the food on JAL (the airline I'm flying with) is very good and very Japanese.
I know that I'm living with an American who's been there since September and a Canadian who is starting the same time as me. I also know that the apartment is tiny but I believe it is very close to my place of work. I can't find any sites that will give me a street map of the area but I'm only 1 subway stop (3 minutes) away from work so it should be a quick stroll if I'm lucky.
Things I need to do before Japan is mainly get all my clothes sorted and packed. I know I'm not going to be able to find clothes easily out there and need to get together more than the 5 shirts and 1 tie I currently have. Also need to make sure I have stupid things like towels and razors as I can just imagine wasting hours looking everywhere for them.
I've already planned my first few days in Japan. Basically I've got to get over my jet-lag, find a gym, find a health food shop and somewhere I can buy lots of cheap food. After that I can just relax and party until work starts.
I'm only going to be in Japan for 6 days until my birthday comes around so I don't know how fun that will be.
Well this will do for the first post. I doubt I'll have much more to say in the next 2 weeks and the blog will start proper when I'm actually out there.