We arrived in Osaka around dinner time
and had no trouble finding the hostel. I had stayed there before and
my memory kicked in as we exited the train station. It is located in
a hip area called Fukushima. We checked in and went on the hunt for
some food.
Across the street there was a
teppanyaki place that eventually lured us in.
We totally forgot to photograph most of
the meal but it was absolutely delicious.
The next day we made our way across
town to the Osaka aquarium. I think this could be my favorite
aquarium I have ever been to, Kim seemed to also enjoy it. The only
issue was it was absolutely packed. We were shoulder to shoulder with
people the entire time fighting for viewing position.
Afterwords we grabbed some okonomiyaki at a nearby food stall.
And then caught a ride on the nearby giant ferris wheel. They have these in every city (Osaka has 3!). I an not sure why they are so popular, but the view was nice.
We headed back to the hostel for some rest before we hit the town later in the evening. After some rest we headed to the train station and rode to one of the famous downtown districts.
Osaka is famous for its takoyaki so we decided to grab an order while looking for dinner.
We wondered down a number of quiet
streets and finally decided on a small yakisoba restaurant. We
ordered pork with farm fresh egg and pork yakisoba. It was once
again delicious.
It was then back to the main shopping
area which was horribly crowded. Where do all these people keep
coming from?
We ended the night playing bomberman at
a local bar that featured retro gaming. It was full of douchey expats
who were trying to prove to everyone else in the bar how Japanese
they are now. It was annoying but easy to forget with beer and video
games in front of us.
Almost forgot our late night snack,
authentic Japanese sweets.
