Toko City Umeda Osaka

... complex in the centre of Kyoto. We food a small restaurant where we had pork cutlets with cabbage, rice and miso soup. It was very tasty and delicious. After lunch Yuki headed back to Osaka to spend sometime with his family this weekend. He works in Tokyo suring the week and comes home on the weekends. We won't being seen him again on the trip. He was very kind to us and spent alot of time ...

... The statues are made with Japanese cypress. The temple hall is constructed in 1266 is about 120 metres long.

- Daigoji Sanboin - built in 1115, its garden is designated as a special historic spot and place of scenic beauty (the garden is beautiful).

All the temples and garden had beautiful trees and ponds. The trees had leaves of many vivid colours. The red and yellow leaved trees were incredible.

Kyoto, Kinki, Japan agi-al

... say the Japanese are reserved conformists!!);
- Our hostel, where despite staying in cheap dorm beds, has a marble entry, super helpful staff and plays Christmas carols in the foyer all day long;
- The bathrooms with automatic lights, soap dispensers and taps. And completely unfathomable control panel for the toilet.
- Awesome beer... which maybe I`ve had enough of for now.

... the age of 33 months at the latest, and then they become well-known beef brands such as Kobe beef and Matusaka beef. The newborn calves I saw were beautiful with fine and shiny black hair, and they already had an air of dignity about them fitting of Tajima cattle.

Incidentally, Kobe beef has never been exported from Japan, but apparently this may change in the future. I hope those who live outside Japan will get to taste delicious Kobe beef for themselves sometime soon.

... we got a private double room for the same price.

We slept for a bit more then wandered around the local streets and walked into a little cafe and ordered some food - a big bowl of noodles, a bowl of soup and a beer for 80p! We then had a quick wander down the main shopping street which was lit up by thousands of neon lights and then headed towards the Bund for to see the famous skyscrapers of the financial district - unfortunately the entire waterfront was ...

... päiväisen täälläolon aikana äijä oli hyvin pahoillaan aiheesta. :-) Varmaan pelkäsi, että valitetaan jonnekin johtajalle tai jotain, mutta päinvastoin aion kehua tätä hotellia nettiarvosteluissa ja muuallakin. Minun mielestä tämä Shin-Osaka on muutenkin todella hyvä paikka jos omistat JR junapassin ja tästä on tosi hyvä suorittaa iskuja ympäri Japania. Shin-Osakalla itsessään ei ole juuri mitään nähtävää, mutta tästä on vain yksi aseman ...

... but that's your opinion if you go ), but if you were wondering where it is it's by shinsaibashi sugi and it's in a tower on the 8th floor ( sorry i can not give complete guidance of where it is). Also like i said i was gonna teach you some japanes, well here it is: hello:konnichiwa.thank you: arigato. i think this is how they say " nice to meet you" in Japanese: hajimemashite [rii] desu [amerika] kara kimashita doozo yoroshiku.

... the flashiest places are usually pachinko and slots parlors. But in Osaka, we found a grocery store with more bling and blinking lights than we've seen anywhere else even more that a Pachinko parlor! The homeless guys outside were drinking their beers, but they waved to us and tried greeting us, laughing when they couldn't pronounce "hello" very well! If you come here, you will feel very safe, even in the ...

... to/from work, drop a coin, ring a bell, say a prayer and clap your hands - then go on your merry way. The Gods will do the rest for you. 8. "Enrish" (or "Japanlish") signs You just can't make these signs up. Hard to imagine that in a country so Westernized they can't find an English speaking person to proofread their signs (No complaints, though, these signs are the funniest thing.) 9. Customs Whenever you enter ...

... the p*rks *nd gr*ssy *re*s, but there *re * few th*t h*ng out in the tourist *re*s, w*iting for ppl to buy them cr*ckers. As Ash *nd I found out, it doesn't t*ke long for the deer to re*lize th*t you h*ve them.. they simply w*it. w*tching. And plotting... plotting, *lw*ys plotting...yes... well, w*tching the cr*ckers in the little shop window, *nd plotting * grouping *tt*ck in which they use their super ninj* powers they t*ught to the priests. These ninj* powers result ...