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1-13-11 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku Osaka, Osaka, Kinki, Japan, 6-6612-1234

This was my first time to Japan, I was extremely excited and can't wait to touch down to Osaka, Japan. Though the transit have had made me exhausted -- we were transit from KLIA, MY at 1700 to Singapore (it took only 45 mins to reach Changi Airport), we waited to be transitted from Changi Airport at 0040. Though shopping was wonderful in Changi Airport, managed to buy some facial products, but there ain't any proper place to lay down and rest. Lucky thing was I still have my iPod Touch to kil...
Singapore, Singapore sarahyapAfter a tiring flight journey - with the transit from Singapore, we finally touched down in Osaka, Japan. Though tired, but I was still delighted, and excited of the sightseeing. We'd expected to see something special. I was once been told by one of my buddy that, "If you have only one chance to travel overseas, you must have chosen Japan. You'll only see the good side of human being in Japan among the cultures in the world." As the matter of fact, I insisted I wanted to come. Along the way f...
Osaka, Kinki, Japan sarahyapMy roomate and I overslept in the noon, and made everyone waited for us for about half and hour. What a shame! Our evening spent gratefully in the fantastic shopping street at Shinsaibashi. There are a lot of pharmacies which sell thousands of skincare, heathcare and haircare products. There are tons of brands that I don't even heard of. Things are rather pricy here, but choices are fruity. We spent 4 hours to walk and shop there, where I turned out buying some nonsense stuffs such as: - 1 x ...
Osaka, Kinki, Japan sarahyapOur first destination is Kiyomizu-dera temple. Drinking the spring water is one of the tradition here. After we lined up for a long queue, we finally got there. It was so rushing till I totally forgot to make a wish. To make it worst, our tour guide only explained that we shall drink 3 lines of spring water, where the first stands for education, second stands for health and the third is for love. Sigh... I only drank the first, which I don't think I want more education. &@^#}{{<<££%...
Kyoto, Kinki, Japan sarahyapWe've visited a sake brewery in Kobe today, where I've bought some sakes for friends & colleagues. Along, I've bought a sake set too. (going to show the photo when I am back to KL to upload the photos). I enjoyed what I have eaten today. Finally tried the yakitori chicken, which I like a lot. Apart of that, my lunch was salmon fish head with terriyaki sauce and my seafood teppanyaki for dinner are all fantastic. Yummy! Oh! I've shopped for whole day looking for ukata, but couldn't find in...
Kobe, Kinki, Japan sarahyap
Yesterday we made the trip back to Honshu, leaving our Okinawan experience behind us. It is quite nice to be back on the 'main land' and in the great city of Osaka. We are now definitely back to the Japan that I know.
Osaka is certainly a busier place than Naha -- definitely not as laid back here! There is obviously work to be done, people to see, and food to eat. The thing that always strikes me about Osaka is the sheer scale of eating establishments of all ...
... at Steak Ron, delicious Sakuyaki at Hariju and more helpings of takoyaki/okonomuyaki/yakisoba.
S teak Ron
1-10-2 Sonezaki Shinchi, Kita-ku | Umeda, Osaka
Hariju
1-9-26 Nishishinsaibashi Chuo-ku Osaka
Takontetsu (Pizza Ball House)
1-9-20 Maru Bldg Umeda 1 Chome
... nonetheless. Later we were told the talk was about how to obtain happiness - a common theme in Buddhism.
The hour and a half ceremony ended with a descent to the basement. A silent, slow walk was made along a footpad-lined path. Deliberate steps with a pause at each pad stretched the procession out over a long time for a short distance traveled.
The walk was lined with banks of numbered cubby compartments and an alter on the last leg. I'm not sure what all of this was ...
... things. Again, I wished we'd had more time.
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OK , on to the photos to tell the rest of the story!...
P.S. The photos are in the wrong order, sorry:) They are correct in the editor, so I don't know what's up. "If debugging is the process of removing bug, then programmings must be the process of putting them in!" Gotta laugh along with life:)...
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... Numobiki Herb Park. I needed a day to get away from everyone and away from the congested city. Not knowing exactly where the park was, I decided to just let my mind go into a meditative state and just walk. Wherever I would end up was fine by me. Half hour later, I ended up at the park entrance. I took the cable car up and as it climbed over the mountains I saw beautiful waterfalls and lakes nestled in the valleys. At the top of the mountain was a beautiful ...
Kyoto, Japan erikzak
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