The posts and summary for the whole trip, can be found here.
♥Dec 2nd Monday♥
Osaka, being the 3rd largest city in Japan, has a train network that is quite complicated. Every train trip, I (yes, read I, not we) had to plan out the route and then purchase the ticket.
The plan for the day was to go to Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園 and then Namba 難波 in the evening.
Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園 is a the second largest park in Osaka, a very beautiful and pleasant park, which attracts lots of locals as well as tourists.
It seems to be a very popular place to take wedding shots, we saw a couple of them; but this one seems to be having a great time getting their shots done.
We saw a few groups of children on a field trip there. As the park is near the Osaka Museum of History, it's probably a good place for children to go for a field trip to cover both places.
The park has lots of benches, and places to rest, and people do make good used of it.
When it was time for lunch, we got ourselves Nissin noodles from the park vendors. The girls kept saying it was the best instant noodle they had ever tasted. Ha.
Lots of people brought their dogs for walks the park. People in Osaka are generally more friendly than other Japanese, when the girls showed interest in their dogs, they slowed down to let the girls pet them. One lady let Zaria carried her dog, Nana; and Nana was so taken by Zaria (or was it because she tasted Nissin soup on Zaria's face) she kept licking Zaria's face!
Strolling around the park was extremely pleasant, and we could see the Osaka Castle from almost every where in the park; and it's extremely beautiful in the evening sun light.
One part of the park had lots of ginko trees, which have beautiful yellow leaves on the tree and scattered on the ground.
After a stroll around the park, we headed back to the train station located near Osaka Museum of History 大阪歴史博物館 and took the train to Namba and then walked to the shopping dining paradise of Osaka, Dotonbori 道頓堀 and Shinsaibashi 心斎橋.
Bright neon lights, LCD billboards brighten up the place.
And when you are there, you will never miss the tempting scent of grilled crab from Kani Doraku Dotonburi かに道楽. They purposely grilled it at the front of the restaurant to lure customers I believe. For ￥700, we got a small portion of grilled crab and ate standing. The crab siew-mais were also very nice. ￥500 for 3 pieces, we bought 3 portions as they were just too delicious.
For dinner, we chose a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
I love the tacky restaurant signs in Osaka. Unlike the signs in Kyoto, they are loud here.
And they like using 3D signboards.
Some are also quite artistic.
After some shopping and walking, we passed by Kinryu Ramen (金龍 ラーメン), and thought of trying. So we queued up, ordered 2 bowls, and waited. There's only char siew topping, but there's condiments such as kimchi, chives, for us to add, so while Zaria had all the char siew, hubs and I shared the rest with heaps of condiments added. It was quite nice, and Zaria claimed it's the best ramen she's ever tasted and the char siew melted in the mouth!
♥Dec 2nd Monday♥
Osaka, being the 3rd largest city in Japan, has a train network that is quite complicated. Every train trip, I (yes, read I, not we) had to plan out the route and then purchase the ticket.
The plan for the day was to go to Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園 and then Namba 難波 in the evening.
Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園 is a the second largest park in Osaka, a very beautiful and pleasant park, which attracts lots of locals as well as tourists.
It seems to be a very popular place to take wedding shots, we saw a couple of them; but this one seems to be having a great time getting their shots done.
We saw a few groups of children on a field trip there. As the park is near the Osaka Museum of History, it's probably a good place for children to go for a field trip to cover both places.
The park has lots of benches, and places to rest, and people do make good used of it.
When it was time for lunch, we got ourselves Nissin noodles from the park vendors. The girls kept saying it was the best instant noodle they had ever tasted. Ha.
Lots of people brought their dogs for walks the park. People in Osaka are generally more friendly than other Japanese, when the girls showed interest in their dogs, they slowed down to let the girls pet them. One lady let Zaria carried her dog, Nana; and Nana was so taken by Zaria (or was it because she tasted Nissin soup on Zaria's face) she kept licking Zaria's face!
Strolling around the park was extremely pleasant, and we could see the Osaka Castle from almost every where in the park; and it's extremely beautiful in the evening sun light.
One part of the park had lots of ginko trees, which have beautiful yellow leaves on the tree and scattered on the ground.
After a stroll around the park, we headed back to the train station located near Osaka Museum of History 大阪歴史博物館 and took the train to Namba and then walked to the shopping dining paradise of Osaka, Dotonbori 道頓堀 and Shinsaibashi 心斎橋.
Bright neon lights, LCD billboards brighten up the place.
And when you are there, you will never miss the tempting scent of grilled crab from Kani Doraku Dotonburi かに道楽. They purposely grilled it at the front of the restaurant to lure customers I believe. For ￥700, we got a small portion of grilled crab and ate standing. The crab siew-mais were also very nice. ￥500 for 3 pieces, we bought 3 portions as they were just too delicious.
For dinner, we chose a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
I love the tacky restaurant signs in Osaka. Unlike the signs in Kyoto, they are loud here.
And they like using 3D signboards.
Some are also quite artistic.
After some shopping and walking, we passed by Kinryu Ramen (金龍 ラーメン), and thought of trying. So we queued up, ordered 2 bowls, and waited. There's only char siew topping, but there's condiments such as kimchi, chives, for us to add, so while Zaria had all the char siew, hubs and I shared the rest with heaps of condiments added. It was quite nice, and Zaria claimed it's the best ramen she's ever tasted and the char siew melted in the mouth!
[...] Part 9 : Day 10 – Gero 下呂 Friends Making and Osaka 大阪 Takoyaki Making Part 10 : Day 11 – Osaka Castle 大阪城 Dotonbori 道頓堀 Shinsaibashi 心斎橋 Useful links : Japan Guide – I refer to this a lot when planning the trip Kyoto Tourist Guide [...]
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