Thursday, April 4, 2013

Osaka Castle and Dotombori

Slight fail after walking to the station then having to go to the tourist info shop at the other end (quite a long way) for the lady to say we needed our passport to buy the 2 day pass lol

So hiked back to the hotel and got the pass and found the right platform and accidentally got on the women's only carriage bit there was an old guy in there with us so Ben didn't feel so bad.. Oops!

We got of the train and made our way up to the castle grounds. It was really nice weather and there were heaps of cherry blossom trees around which made it colourful and pretty. We got on free with the pass we bought and took the stairs, not the best idea with minimal water. Made it to the top first and worked our way down. Very interesting place!

Had a few people offer to take our photo (old people, so cute)!  This one old guy saw us sitting on some steps and saw my camera next to me and said 'come, photo'. So we followed him to another side of the castle with a great vote and he took some photos then said more, so he pointed us further down and got some more nice photos of us!

Got a bit list on the way back street getting off on a different line, one stop away. Walked around unnecessarily for a bit and went to another station - made it at last haha

Dotombori
After wondering around looking at all the neons and seeing not 1 but 3 giant crabs in buildings, it took us FOREVER to pick somewhere to eat! Finally settled on the Tabehoudai (all you can eat). Ben burnt his tongue on think the second bit of meat! Eager beaver lol

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