Toyo Hotel Osaka

... but no people. We then surmised that he most likely got someone fired, because whoever closed would take the blame for not "locking up," but, without dwelling on it too much, we went to a backup bar. It was a nice chill. small place underground, and pretty quiet. We had ourselves a few drinks, then walked it back!

Thats one thing I really like about living in the cities in Japan (I suppose any city anywhere would have this to ...

... be doing so but I've decided not to other than to state that I'm simply not impressed by this type of upscale product. I just don't see the value. I was more impressed with the Apple store that was in the same district. I guess that I'm simply a provincial 'otaku' (geek)...

For our two days here in Osaka it seems like all that we've done is
eat, walk around, and sleep. In a city like Osaka with such great food,
life doesn't get much better.

Seconds please. I had to go back to Osaka, one way or another (my return flight was leaving from here). Ate just as well if not better than the first go around. Went to the Takoyaki museum at Universal city walk but it was more tako vendors than museum, not such a bad thing. Had simply amazing Kobe ...

... things. Again, I wished we'd had more time.

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OK , on to the photos to tell the rest of the story!...

P.S. The photos are in the wrong order, sorry:) They are correct in the editor, so I don't know what's up. "If debugging is the process of removing bug, then programmings must be the process of putting them in!" Gotta laugh along with life:)...
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... it claimed to be the biggest, I did some research and there are quite a few with are substantially bigger. However, it was still enormous standing 112m off the ground. I posted many pictures so check it out.

After a great day out at Tempozan village we made our way back to the hostel, we stopped for dinner, relaxed at home for a few minutes and then set out for a nice evening walk around the Osaka Castle grounds. And then to bed!

So yesturday, we visited Osaka castle. We also had a traditional Japanese lunch which consisted of raw fish, heads, tails, eyes and everything! I even ate a fried leaf. It was discusting! I think I ate a fish tail. There are machines for everything here. Even the toilets are complecated. We even saw a beer dispencing machine on the street in an alley. We saw a traditional house with the thin paper ...

... to see anything, especially for the girls. I was able to see over the top of most people, but I had to teach Charlotte and Angela a vital skill. The art of pushing their way to the front. The aquarium basically took you up to the 6th or 7th floor via a massive escalator, and then the pathway wound its way down to the ground floor around a huge central tank which took up about 5 of the floors ...

Hi all Slow, slow day again for us...we're gearing up for the 5 hour train rides to get to our little Inn near mount fuji. D isn:t well (yucky cold and temparature) so, we got half-way to Wakayama (random choice) and then turned back! Si left her at the hotel and went for another look around Osaka, which he's warming to by the day. Our half train-trip gave us chance to see the outskirts and some nice towns on the way out. Den Den town had some ...

... farms or forced labor projects), the Khmer Rouge killed between 2 and 3 million Cambodians, 1/3 of the population, through murder, forced hard labor and starvation. Pol Pot specifically sought out and slaughtered educated people like teachers, professors, engineers and doctors. One of their mottos was: "To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss."It was one of the most lethal regimes of the 20th ...

... try some Yakiniku (another food to tick off the list). Lousy food by previous standards, but not quite as bad as that Yakitori rip-off meal. However, we got to meet some Japanese rugby players there, and witnessed some more of the colourful Osakan dialect. Then we stopped for some gyoza (dumplings) at the place we had our first meal in Japan. I slept comfortably that night, content that our Japan experience had covered much and more of what we'd originally planned.