Nikko Hotel Osaka
1-3-3, Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku Osaka, Osaka, Kinki, 542-0086, Japan
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Just a stopover
Arrived late in the day to find we had landed in a sauna - Temperature dropping to the high twenties duriing the night with high humidity. Its going to be hot here!!!
After a bit of a traumatic start, not able to get any money, we managed to negotiate the ATMs and book a train ticket to Hiroshima.
Arrived safely after a ride on the bullet train!
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Osakan food obsession and other things
... the only gaijin sometimes for miles
Transport!-when you're used to a rediculously ineffective and useless system as us Australians are,one as well oiled and functional as the Japanese public transport system is,seems at first to be confusing and complicated,and at second,and third,but it works because everybody uses it,those that arent riding their pushbikes on the footpath that is! Not getting run over by tredly's is like a martial art-Ninja training or ...
Osaka aquarium
... It was a beautiful building and worth the visit and of corse the children loved it. Their favorite was the 20 week old penguin baby. It was so much fun as we entered the different sections of the Aquarium--Monterey bay--Hey we have been there Mom, Gallapagos eco-system--hey we have been there, The great barrier reef-hey we are going there. loved it. After the aquarium we watched some street performers and wandered the Harbour Village Complex and the kids wanted to ...
Catching Up...Again...
... of stares today, but I didn't care. I loved what she did.
The place we visited in kimono was Nijo Castle, which is significant in that its floors were created to squeak a certain way in order to notify the castle's inhabitants of intruders. I adore that castle. It's small, but extremely intricate; even the ceiling was decorated heavily.
It was a long trek back to the kimono shop, so even though I wanted to wear my kimono for longer, the rain ...



