Finally I have the time again to blog. Update you again why am I so free. NOW, continue my Japan/Taiwan trip before I forget every little detail anymore. I am extremely guilty for that. The links for the trip:
Day 3 was mostly walking and I almost died back in the hostel. Imagine the previous day you just went to USJ and came back with sunburnt all over your body and next day you had to walk under sun for the whole day again. Definitely not something that sound nice and comfy. But to save on the transport expenses, we had to plan this way because Japan really has very expensive transport fee. The first stop was to Ōsakajō aka Osaka castle. As the saying how could you say you've been to Osaka if you have not visit Ōsakajō? So here I am to take a look at this grand historical building. The subway station for Ōsakajō is Tanimachi 4-chome station, so look for this station if you want to visit the castle. The transport fee for me from our hostel is 240YEN.
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Osaka castle. Pretty impressive I would say.
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I wasnt a fan of museum thingy unless it was something that captivate me e.g Egypt pyramid exhibition with mummies myth or so. So we left the osaka castle after taking these photos. If you want to go into the Osaka castle for the museum, I believed that entrance ticket is 600YEN. Yup, so we saved 600YEN for that.
So we headed to our next planned destination - Tenjimbashi suiji. Apparently it is the longest shopping district where it stretches all the way from North to South. Believe it or not, we walked our way to Tenjimbashi shopping district. I was dying under the hot sun and the shoes which made my legs blister. A lesson learnt, always wear comfy shoes if more walking is required. Thats why I cant understand how girls can wear so nicely for trips.
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| Went in to this shop to have our brunch because it just look so local and simple. |
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| This is 2-chrome and there is all the way to 7-chrome. I couldn't remember did we walk all the way to 7-chrome or did we not because there is not much for us to see (our opinion) |
However, the night after USJ, we googled randomly for some interesting cafes and chanced upon this owl cafe that is along the street of Tenjimbashi, so why not visit! It seemed pretty cool. It is called the Owl family Osaka.
Here's the address: 1-10-13 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Spot the shop with the Owl stickers on the door! I mean because I walked all the way from Osaka castle and it was on my right so I find it hard to tell you from where and which way you should go.
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| Spot this shop door! This is the Owl cafe |
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| showing off my colored hair under the bright sun for nice color in the midst of queuing for our turn. |
Basically, you spend 1000yen and they serve you a drink with one hour of time interacting with the owls. So remember to check your time before you go because they go by hour clock. OWL TIME!
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| owl shocked. LOL. look at my sunburnt anyway. sighs |
Then my sister brought me to see one of the shrine in Osaka. Actually I was quite interested in these shrine, but we the sunburnt pain and walking all day long, my mood was dampened for any more walking let alone visiting shrines. I couldnt remember which shrine is this. If you want more details, email me personally at peiling.tan26@gmail.com and maybe I can answer some of your query.
And we walked, AGAIN to Tanimachi 9-chrome station. I think we did. or did we take the subway. I think we WALKED because I remembered I was dying from the walking again and we saw the destination, I quickly just want to find a place to sit down. Anyway, we went to Kintentsu Department Store ( recommended by my friend because it was a huge store that sells alot of things)
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| supermarket like our Tayashimaya that has an area that sells ready cooked food for takeaway. |
We wanted to buy some to bring back to hostel to eat but we still have the next destination to go before the day end. Plus, I was to hungry and tired when we reached Kintentsu that I chose to eat Macdonald instead. I spent alot in the department store because I saw my favourite and extinct shop in SG that sells lingerie. There used to be one at Taka but it was gone no long after. Une Nana cool. Heard of it? I had so much that I wanted to buy but I would have short of cash if I really buy too much. So we left Kintentsu for Dotonbori. Dotonbori is the famous food district to go if you visit Japan - a tourist attraction so to speak. Alight at Namba station and you can just follow the crowd to Dotonbori. Spot the large billboards and illuminated signs.
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| Dotonbori the food district |
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| We have the Shinsaibashi the shopping district just beside where endless shopping begins because you really cant see the end point. |
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| The famous Glico billboard that everybody takes picture with. |
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| And so I shall join in the fun too! |
