Bit of a sad day its the day we get on the big Jestar flying machine and head towards home. Time for a few last Japanese beers waste the remainin yen in our pockets and visit a really good transport museum where there was plenty of rail memorbilia to soak in including Japans’ first bullet […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 26

We are a bit short on photos today- probably because we have walked every inch of this great city over the last week and just about buggered- one day to go..so better make the most of the great curries, yakatori and refreshments.

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 25

Today we did a bit of exploring around Den Den town the electronics distict before heading to a great street market which had plenty of slimy and deadly puffer fish on sale. These fish the Fugi have poisonous organs and can paralyze you in seconds so you cant breath.. Why would you eat them, if […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 21

We took in two of Osaka’s best landmarks today, starting with the incredible Sky Garden Tower. This massive structure had a very scary escalator ride virtually hanging in air to the top of the tower. The view was pretty flash at the top with 360 degree vistas of the entire greater Osaka. The afternoon saw […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 20

We headed down to the waterfront district today to the huge Universal city walk. It was a pretty close copy of Universal Stuido’s in California, but the highlight of the complex was the octopus balls museum. Here you could get everything octopus balls, from piping hot ones, to tshirts, soft toys and even frozen ones […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 18