Well, Osaka is a little less hustle and bustle than Tokyo. Our first night here I was really congested and felt pretty under the weather. We took a bullet train here and unfortunately had to get a car in the hazy smoking car of the bullet train. I think it messed my sinuses up a bit. Also, my allergy meds ran out so Osaka's climate and air messed me up pretty good.
Osaka. We checked into our 5 star hotel. It's cool but very compact. We got this cool skeleton keys to open our door with. The vending machines are really expensive here. The Tv channels suck....no anime....Shinigawa had anime on every night at 9:30pm sharp. The nearby area.....cool. There was a mall called hep 5 that has a huge ferris wheel in it. Also....a Sega Joypolis!. Then there's Namco City, which is the arcade equivelent of Namjatown. It has a Gyoza floor where we ate dinner at tonight. Gyoza is fried Potstickers. We had a great time there. Then we played medal games, which is just token casino games but boy are they addictive. Earlier tonight we went to Namba preficture of Osaka which is a shopping district similar to Akihabara. It has a 3 floor gundam store, a two floor robot heroes store, a 2 floor gashapon store, a retro games store or two, and so on. We had a great time there too.
Last but not least, we went to Lala port Mall in Koshien. Long story short, it's where Sega Sonic Town is. A glorified Sonic Arcade but the only one in existence. I loved it. I took a video of it inside and out, the only arcade I've extensively documented here and we've been in a lot of arcades. Anywho, tomorrow it's off to Okayama. More to follow! -Ed
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WOW! It looks like you two are having a blast! I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures! Hopefully you will have enough room in your suitcase Eddie for all the figurines you bought :) Fawn, you will have to show me your boots!!
Enjoy the rest of your trip and I love you both!
Becky
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