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Japan Part 2 - Osaka
After locating our hotel in Osaka, we went exploring in the Namba area.
There was a false start where we got lost and could not locate Den Den Town. In the end, we took a very short cab ride to Sogo.
We walked through Shinsaibashi and boy, was it loooong. We did not cover the whole street.
And now I am definitely in love with Samantha Thavasa'a bags. Why must they be so expensive!
After stroling through Shinsaibashi (which took hours together with 2 rest stops), we finally located Den Den Town and walked a small part of it.
He got side tracked by a Game Taito Centre which was basically a games arcade with six levels.
The first level was where all the UFO catchers were. The Japanese are big on UFO catchers. I see them everywhere. Together with Pachinko palours.
Second was arcade games with music theme. Dance Dance Revolution, DJ, drums....
Third level was for normal arcade games like street fighter, etc.
Fourth level and Fifth was for multiplayer/online games.
This is where he got sooooo excited. There were some machines for Gundam. They looked so futuristic, and basically you go into the station (it's like a mini room) and sit down and pilot your Gundam machine. it's first person view and you are really the pilot.
The game cost more then $10 to play. OMG
In the end, he decided not to play. But we did see some people playing and one of them was good.
The last level was for Mahjong. Unlike Hong Kongers who play with each other, Japanese seem to like to play mahjong on arcade machines.
Day 4
Today was spent exploring the Osaka Station area. We wandered around and got lost a little but still managed to find our way back to the Station.
I guess the main highlight would have been Yodobashi Camera.
This is like the Japanese version of Singapore's Sim Lim Square. Actually, it's much bigger and neater.
There is a theme to every floor.
Basement 2 was computer peripherals like ink, paper....
Basement 1 was Computer equipments, Level 1 was handphones and accessories, Level 2 was cameras and videos, Level 3 and 4 were electronic goods like TV and washing machines.
Level 5 was all about gaming, Level 6 and 7 were fashion and Level 8 was restaurants.
We spent a little time exploring and left immediately after lunch. I did toy with the idea of getting a camera, but nothing caught my eye.
We wanted to go visit the floating garden but it was quite a walk away and today was especially cold! There was a moment where I had difficulty walking against the wind.
We scrapped visiting the garden and took the train to Tondabayashi instead.
Tondabayashi is a small town where many old japanese buildings can still be seen. It's located in the suburbs and we had to take the JR train, then switch to the local Kinetsu line in order to reach there.
It's quite weird walking through Tondabayashi because it is a residential area, with preserved buildings side by side with residential buildings. I think some of the preserved buildings were occupied by residents as well but I am not sure.
Walking through the area, you can almost imagine Samurais walking by.
We made our way back to Osaka, hungry and ready for dinner.
Dinner was in a restaurant with a German Pub feel.
The food was great!
The carbonara was really delicious and the roast duck was soooo good. He had a beer, Kirin Lager Beer and I had Cassis Liquor with Orange.
Together, the whole meal cost around S$50. Which was really cheap in our opinion.
With the standard of the food and drinks, we could easily be paying S$100 in Singapore.
We bought some dessert back to the hotel as well.
I don't know how the Japanese make it...but the cakes were melt in your mouth.
Literally.
I usually don't like cakes due to the texture of the cake itself but oh my, I think I can make an exception for Japanese cakes.
Tomorrow, onward to Tokyo!
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Thursday, April 02, 2009