Back in Germany I sometimes enjoyed going for a walk when the weather was nice, but in Japan I really came to love discovering my environment on foot. There’s just something about the little backalleys that suddenly give way to a shrine entrance, surprise you with houses surrounded by flowers and take you on a…
The first place we visited after I arrived in Osaka was the Ôsaka-jô, the castle that towers over Ôsaka. Unfortunately we were yet again not able to visit the inside, because it was closed for visitors. Though it was rebuild using mainly concrete the outside is beautiful and I am curious what it looks like…
Today I have some follow up pictures taken near the Fushimi Inari-Taisha and some really yummy looking ones from a restaurant in Osaka (^_^) *ugh* I’d love to have this matcha soft-ice right now…
Here is part two of the random picture posts from Japan, today featuring a more than colorful train and a visit at Tsukada Nojo (塚田農場) Universal Studios Japan Train Tsukada Nojo (塚田農場) Adress: B1, 2-8-13, Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0057 (〒530-0057 大阪府大阪市北区曽根崎2-8-13 B1)
What an awesome idea (and really a great marketing event for m&m’s)! I love purikura and would definitely take some (^__^) I wonder if one had the chance to exchange numbers or anything to further the “friend maker” aspect of the event.
In Japan everything is “kawaii” No matter where you look, you’ll find a cute character for foods, as mascots, even posters for public awareness have a cutesy feeling about them. I’m not sure if I might have had a lack of “cute” when I was younger and am craving it for this reason but I…
The last day in Osaka saw a last short visit to the breakfast buffet, before we had to board the bus to the Kansai International Airport. We were quite early to accomodate the earlier flight to Thailand from some of our group and so we had some time after the check-in to stroll around the…
Because our hotel in Ibaraki was about one and a half hours from Tokyo station we decided to get an early start in the morning and do without breakfast at the hotel restaurant, to not get into rushhour and make the shinkansen bound for Osaka. Fortunately one of the members of the japanese group arranged…
The Hotel we stayed in had very cute decorations, not only in the lobby but also in the rooms. The breakfast sandwich set was a nice start into the day and I must say food in Japan just always looks so neat. The lunch was very traditional japanese in a beautiful little restaurant with tatami…
After the Cherry Blossom Boattrip and the short detour to Osaka Castle it was (oviously) again time for lunch and we were led to the New Otani Hotel, where we ate at a very good chinese restaurant. The view on the castle and the cherry blossoms was beautiful and the food delicious. Though I can’t…
I lost my heart in Japan 