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Osaka Castle, Shitennoji, Sumiyoshi Taisha
... this garden too, was a disappointment. There just wasn't anything to see, just a big empty field.
The castle tower itself was far more impressive, and was absolutely huge at over 8 stories high. I had to take an elevator up the 8th floor (apparently they had those in medieval Japanese castles) and make my way back down, floor by floor, browsing the many exhibits as I did. The view from the castle observation deck was great with some impressive ...
Summer Sonic Festival
... so as no mistakes were made.
I learnt that the Japanese really can mosh, and a lot of the time even do so in their usual respectful manor. At the end of each mosh pit everyone high-fived everyone else in the pit, and of course anyone who fell down was helped back up right away.
There were so many good bands there, some I knew and some I didn't. One ...
The sensory kaleidoscope of Osaka.
... what started out as one shop employee dressing me (because, of course, I had to try it on) turned into six. For 45 minutes, at least, I was dressed and decorated and then taught how to and how not to tie the obi (the waist band that ties in the back). They laughed and smiled and added accessory after accessory to my new look. I was for a bit almost a toy, it felt- a little gaijin doll to play dress-up with, and what good fun it was!
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Having a Whale of a Time
... is a more traditional-style hotel where you sleep on a slim mattress on the tatami mats on the floor, with sliding wooden screens for doors and tea service. And it was right in the restaurant/entertainment section of town, so I chose well. I got here by riding the Shinkasen bullet train, which runs at speeds of up to 300 km/h, and is really spacious, comfortable, new, punctual, relatively silent and has never had a fatal accident. ...
A Moving Day in Hiroshima
This is a top pick!
... lack if litter and chewing gum marking hundreds of little marks on the pavements, the old houses with relics of old times on them, the round paper lampshade things with writing on. The colour and writing everwhere on buses and undergrounda and pouring out of shops. Have I listed enough? My point is that I see everything and maybe I should take pictures of everything, except I feel a bit self conscious. So I understand now, why all the Chinese and Japanese tourists in ...
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