Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Trip to Osaka and Himeji
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Last night Brent and I got back from an exhausting trip to Osaka, witha side trip to Himeji. We left Naruto on Saturday morning. We took the train from Kyokaimae near our house to Naruto proper, and then walked to the bus station. At the bus station, you get on Slopey, and the little rail car takes you to the expressway,where the buses pick you up on their way to Honshu.


We arrived in Osaka in mid-morning, and then headed out to find some food.

Then, we caught an special rapid service train to Himeji. Frankly, once it was all over, both Brent and myself thought that Himeji was a little disappointing, considering the cost. It was expensive to get there. It was beautiful and I'm glad we went, but it was still disappointing.














We left Himeji and headed back to Osaka, getting there right about sunset. We walked from Osaka Station to our capsule hotel, which was located in the Americamura district. We weren't cool enough for Americamura--it was full of trendy clothing stores (including some that catered to Japanese women into the pretty pretty princess fashion style.) There were also lots of pachinko parlors, which are about 20 times as loud as a Vegas casino.

The next day we spent running around Osaka and finding interesting things. We went to Osaka Castle,
a nature conservatory,


and the Umeda Sky Building, which was the highlight of the trip and quite possibly my life.

It was an exhausting day--our legs and feet really really hurt. We had grand plans for day two, but we were both tired and sore and so we cut out several things that we had been intending to do. Instead, we went to the Tennoji Zoo in the morning, and then spent the afternoon doing random things, like searching for a crepe shop and taking pictures in a photo booth.

All of the pictures from our time in Himeji are located here.
All of our Osaka pictures are located here.

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