Day 3 - Osaka
Hmm .. Sorry it's so late .. but I am determined to get this down or I will forget what we got up to!
A clear-ish day in Kyoto but it was raining and cold in Osaka, which wasn't so fun when we first arrived! We planned to visit the Umeda Sky Building first as it was close to the station but the view wasn't as good as we'd hoped because of the low cloud. In the hour or so we spent there the weather actually began to clear up though which meant we got a fairly decent view of the city in the end.
Next stop was Amerika-Mura and Domtomburi. This is where we saw the sorts of things I think Japan is famous for: crazy shops, crazy people and endless neon lights. Finally worked up the courage to use some Japanese and ordered okonomiyaki for lunch. It seemed easier to use the little Japanese I do know in Kyoto and Osaka ... and I have since heard from other people that they agree. I wonder why? You would think people in Tokyo would be more used to figuring out what the foreigners are saying, but who knows?
Found the famous market where you can buy plastic food and everything else you might need to open a restaurant in Japan. We bought an icecream scoop.
We spent the afternoon walking and walking .. and walking some more, through vast streets of shops. My favourite pastime.
Dinner was at Kyoto Station again, this time on the 11th floor overlooking Kyoto and watching the sun go down in the evening - beautiful! The food wasn't bad either!
A clear-ish day in Kyoto but it was raining and cold in Osaka, which wasn't so fun when we first arrived! We planned to visit the Umeda Sky Building first as it was close to the station but the view wasn't as good as we'd hoped because of the low cloud. In the hour or so we spent there the weather actually began to clear up though which meant we got a fairly decent view of the city in the end.
Next stop was Amerika-Mura and Domtomburi. This is where we saw the sorts of things I think Japan is famous for: crazy shops, crazy people and endless neon lights. Finally worked up the courage to use some Japanese and ordered okonomiyaki for lunch. It seemed easier to use the little Japanese I do know in Kyoto and Osaka ... and I have since heard from other people that they agree. I wonder why? You would think people in Tokyo would be more used to figuring out what the foreigners are saying, but who knows?
Found the famous market where you can buy plastic food and everything else you might need to open a restaurant in Japan. We bought an icecream scoop.
We spent the afternoon walking and walking .. and walking some more, through vast streets of shops. My favourite pastime.
Dinner was at Kyoto Station again, this time on the 11th floor overlooking Kyoto and watching the sun go down in the evening - beautiful! The food wasn't bad either!
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