We had such a good time during our last visit to
Japan that we decided to make another visit this year. This trip we decided to visit the west side a continuation of where we left off during our last visit which is Osaka.
Day 1
This time we decided to fly Vietnam Airlines from our home country into Osaka and return from Fukuoka.
Flying Vietnam Airlines we have to transit in Hanoi which gives us the opportunity of having a bowl of '
pho' before continuing our journey to Osaka.
Day 2
It was an overnight flight and we landed in Osaka early in the morning greeted by a Super Hero called "
Rapi:tldier"
Then it is to Osaka city from Kansai International Airport with our luggage in tow for some sight seeing in
Umeda area.
We were surprised to see a large number of people on a Saturday morning waiting to get into a departmental store before opening to do their shopping.
After walking around for awhile we decided to go look for the place to have the lunch that we wanted, '
Kishimen' which is a very popular in
Nagoya and to my knowledge there is only one shop in Osaka.
Without wifi/data it took us awhile to locate the shop and this is what we had
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| Beef Soup Kishimen |
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| Beef Curry Kishimen |
Sorry I forgot to take pictures before eating, I think it must have been the hunger and excitement. They are both delicious and I asked the owner of the shop whether he is from Nagoya and he said yes.
In the afternoon we went to meet up with a friend of us and check in to our Airbnb after that. We later made our way to
Doutonbori Street to get some snacks and see the
Glico man.
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| A Crab Restaurant |
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| Spidey wants Kobe Beef!!! |
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| Takoyaki a favourite in Osaka |
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| Synthetic Display Food |
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| A Ramen Shop Display |
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| Glico Man |
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| A Puffer Fish Restaurant |
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| The Doutonbori Canal |
Day 3
We had made arrangement to join a free walking tour in the afternoon around
Namba area and in the morning we went to the
Tsuruhashi area to visit the market and its surrounding. It is an interesting area for a look see.
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| Pork Trotters |
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| Sliced and ready to eat - yum!!! |
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| Korean Pancake |
After some walk around we headed to Namba to look for lunch and join up with the
Osaka Free Walking Tour. Upon arrival in Namba we had lunch in a
Gyoza specialist restaurant and it was yum!
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| Traditional Gyoza |
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| Boiled Gyoza |
After lunch we met up with the free walking tour and it was very educational tour.
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| Glico Man revisited |
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| Hello Kitty Car Park |
For the first time I realised that Hello Kitty does not have a mouth and she is British. She does not have a mouth because she speaks from her heart.
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| Billiken |
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| Tsutenkaku Tower |
The
Tsuenkaku Tower in Shinseikai which was designed to look like the Parisian Eiffel Tower on top and the Arc de Triomphe at its base.
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| The original Kushikatsu Daruma Restaurant |
The famous
Kushikatsu Daruma Restaurant which was here since 1929.
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| The Iconic Icon ... err the one on the right!!! |
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| The Walking Tour Group from all over the world! |
After all the walking we were a like peckish and back tracked to Kushikatsu Daruma Restaurant for a snack. We had to wait a little while before we were seated, this restaurant is always full house.
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| Some kind of beef stew ... yummie! |
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| The Kushikatsu - veggie & meat |
After having our snack we made our way to
Amemura or America Village to do some people watching.
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| Small Scale reproduction of the Statue of Liberty |
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| At the Triangle Park |
A well known spot in Amemura is the Mitsui Park or more commonly as
Sankaku/Triangle Park.
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| An American Sports car - Corvette |
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| Totally Italian |
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| American Choppers |
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| Lowriders |
Saw a
Lowrider bouncing around almost like in Broadway New York!
Next destination is Nara.
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