Bright, playful, colorful, gritty, and packed with good food--It felt great to be back in Osaka!
After two days of snow in Hokkaido, Cy and I flew south to Kansai and arrived in the evening. First stop that night--the lively Namba for some sightseeing and food.
The streets of Dotonbori burst with bright lights, flashy and colorful store signs, and whacky store displays. Heavily made-up ladies of the night scouting and soliciting groups of drunk businessmen, puffy-haired hosts, thugs, and all sorts of interesting characters wandered the streets.
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| piggy butt |
We filled our stomachs that night with okonomiyaki and takoyaki. Osaka okonomiyaki ftw!
I unfortunately got stomach flu the next day (I wonder if it was the food..), but still following our itinerary, we went to Osaka's famous shrine, Sumiyoshi-taisha. We were greeted with cold, morning rain and gray skies.
Wherever we went, we heard the same comments over and over again.
"Kawaii!"
"Sugee!"
"Kimochiwarui!"
Is that really all people can say about the things they see?
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| "Whatchu lookin' at?" |
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| shiny piranha |
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| Flowing like a dream |
After another visit to Namba at night, we relaxed back at the hostel and watched some Japanese celebrity prank show on TV.
Despite getting stomach flu, Osaka treated me well. What an amusing city!