This past weekend, Ayako and I took a trip to Osaka to meet my parents at the last stop of their Japan trip. We took the bullet train down there. since all the regular reserved seats were booked well in advance, we rode on the "Green Car" which has nice, big seats and lots of leg room:
We met up with my parents in Osaka and then did lots of walking and shopping on Saturday. Here we are in a famous area called Dotonbori:
There's lots of big signs there:
As well as famous statues in front of restaurants that people take their photo in front of:
We even found ourselves on screen above a store at one point:
Here we are, close up:
On Sunday, we went for a walk and arrived at Osaka castle:
Here's Ayako with my parents in front of Osaka castle:
Here's Ayako overlooking Osaka from the castle:
Just before we left Osaka, we stopped by a rose festival that was taking place in a park near our hotel:
And that was our trip to Osaka. Not super exciting, but nice to my parents before they returned to Canada.
We met up with my parents in Osaka and then did lots of walking and shopping on Saturday. Here we are in a famous area called Dotonbori:
There's lots of big signs there:
As well as famous statues in front of restaurants that people take their photo in front of:
We even found ourselves on screen above a store at one point:
Here we are, close up:
On Sunday, we went for a walk and arrived at Osaka castle:
Here's Ayako with my parents in front of Osaka castle:
Here's Ayako overlooking Osaka from the castle:
Just before we left Osaka, we stopped by a rose festival that was taking place in a park near our hotel:
And that was our trip to Osaka. Not super exciting, but nice to my parents before they returned to Canada.
The other time I had a chance to look around on Osaka was on my last day there. I went to Osaka castle and had a good view of the city from there.
While I was at Osaka castle, I had a chance to eat takoyaki, which is famous in Osaka. Takoyaki is bits of octopus fried in a ball of batter....yum yum.
