Hotel Plaza Osaka
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Apparently there was an earthquake today...
apparently there has been an earthquake. Now you might be wondering why I am the last to her about this being where I am.... I've been out sightseeing then making my way to Osaka today - where I did notice that the trains were a bit chaotic, an at one place everyone was watching a tv of something burning. As I couldn't understand it I had no idea …
My Day ...the day the Earthquake happened...
10:39 Today is changeover day again, I didnt sleep brilliantly last night, it was probably because i had tea before bed at 10! I packed up my things last night, forcing them into my brimming rucksack and watched some more desperate housewives before bed.
This morning I got up at 930 took a quick shower, put my tea in a plastic water bottle, …
Low Days, and I'm not the UN...
09:00 Given the comment I got yesterday from someone who clearly thinks I'm insensitive mentioning that I have no phone reception, I have a couple of things to say. Firstly, all the people who know me, know me well enough, as Von counter commented, that I'm not making light of what has happened here in Japan remarking on my lack of Phone reception …
Osaka
... seemed to be full of Japanese families and couples on a day out! It was back to back with restaurants and after chatting with the man at the hotel he recommended some places with some traditional Japanese foods that we 'had to try'. The first, a kind of Japanese pizza - okonomiyaki, we weren't to fussed on but it was a cool kind of working mans cafe that he'd sent us to that had a hot plate on our table and cheap beer. The next ...
Chicago of Japan
... a washer and drying in the unit (score)! We were so excited to get some clean clothes however we quickly learned that running Japanese appliances is more difficult than punching a few buttons. Our unit had a integrated washer/dryer (yes, both together in the same machine) with only a short series of button presses explained in English. None of the buttons were labeled in English and there was no English ...