Month: April 2023
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Departing words
Final thoughts on my holiday. FAQ Did I enjoy my trip? Yes, I did. At first I really enjoyed it. Then, as time went on and the moving hotels and every day out, the walking, eating different food, being alone, people everywhere began to wear on the nerves. I enjoyed my last couple of days…
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Whileing away the time.
Tourists… I don’t care if I am a tourist. I don’t care their a vital part of the economy. I am just sick of tourists at all the touristy places… So, what should I have expected. Osaka Castle in cherry blossom season would be full of tourists and locals out at Hanami (cherry blossom picnics).…
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Op Shopping
Hard Off… Sounds naughty, doesn’t it. But you have to think more deeply. As in “You might be hard off, living in hard times.” It’s an op shop. One of Japan’s only second-hand shops, and its a push to call it an op shop. Because they buy things you bring to them, they really only…
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Lines, Lines, and Guess What? More Lines.
I visited Namba again, this time to Dotombori proper. I was determined to eat takoyaki made in Osaka, and nowhere is more famous than takoyaki in Dotombori. I visited here in 2018 when I was travelling with my sister, but we went there at about 7 in the morning. So nothing was open, and no…
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Almost done.
I’m tired of the city. The hustle. The bustle. The endless lines… Where I am staying in Osaka is basically the city centre. The two stations Osaka and Umeda are connected by a hellish labrynith, guarded by a fierce and terrible beast… Okay, so no Minotaur, but it’s true about the labrynith. There’s a department…
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Gacha madness.
I think I’ve got gacha out of my system now. I stumbled across a cute gacha at Osaka station, and I really wanted one type. So gacha-ed. I made this cute pictograph of my success… It only took 14 attempts and about 5600yen ~ $60 but I got it. Then I was in Namba and…
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Gacha Gacha
Forgot two onigiri and a curry bun in fridge at hotel. Had to pay more for the train because I needed an express ticket for the limited express, with my suica. 1800 on top of the suica charge. Power outage between Hakata and Fukuoka, so delay for trains and my train had to stop several…
Journey through Kyushu 