Imperial Osaka
8-50 Temmabashi 1-chome, Kita-ku Osaka, Osaka, Kinki, 530-0042, Japan
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The backstreets of Osaka
... part of Osaka known as the shita-machi, which doesn’t really have a direct translation in English but would be something close to the inner neighbourhoods or boroughs, as opposed to the outer suburbs. It’s not quite a ghetto but it has that type of connotation. These areas are not on the tourist map and are frequented only by locals whereas the tourists tend to head towards Doutonbori in the ward of Namba. Even Yoshi, who is not from Osaka, soon realises ...
Osaka aquarium
... visit and M&M of course had to ring the bells :) Kathellen headed back to the hotel as she is flying back to the States today and we went up to the room to cool off for a little bit as it is really hot out there are we are really sweaty (sorry for the imagery there) Jonas should be back at the hotel around 5ish or so as it is the last day of the conference and we will probably meet him down town and head to the Geisha district. I have to keep busy as I keep ...
A Taste Of Home..
... what we have only used for making toast. It's the contraption between the two burners on our stove. (I'll post a picture).
- more than enough pots and pans, considering we have only 2 burners
- cookie cutters
- and a bunch of other various tiny kitchen bits and bobs.
We've been cooking A LOT of stir fries. Stir fries with rice, stir fries with noodles, with cabbage, with peanuts, ...
Ginkakuji, and the philosophers walk.
... temple grounds. The pavilion itself isn't quite as nice, and doesn't have the wow factor of the golden leaf.
After leaving Ginkakuji we walked back down past the many tourist shops to the start of the Philosophers walk. It is a lovely scenic place to walk, but those who may, from the title, be expecting a time of reflection and quiet contemplation should think again. There were hundreds of people when we were ...



