Well, it's been already four days (three if you don't count last Saturday), an with effectively four days to go, it's time to put something in writing.
On Sunday, I went walking towards the south, in the direction of Namba. Using my 'Oooh, what's that over there'-approach, I walked about six kilometres in the sun, as it was a beautiful day. Remind me of never trusting CNN's word of "Damn, it's getting cold" again; I didn't need a coat or anything, and I even took off my sweater later on.
I had lunch, but since I ate something my stomach didn't really agree upon, I took it easy and explored Namba's surroundings for a while.
Later on, I took the subway to Umeda to check out the bands playing on the bridge near Osaka Station. Saw a few mediocre bands, and one girl who was really good, but unfortunately, she didn't sell any CD's.
At night, we went to an izakaya; a Japanese-style bar. Food was good, shouchu (Japanese spirits, distilled from potatoes) was cheap, but good
On Monday, we went to explore some of the spots we wrote about in our booklet: the International Market Place (IMP) and Osaka Business Park (OBP), who both turned out to be duds. :) We won't recommend them anymore.
The Panasonic Information Centre was somewhat entertaining, and it's nice to see some ideas on fitting your home with all sorts of appliances.
Nothing really exciting, but they have some clever ideas and techniques, like putting a small dishwasher right above the kitchen sink, operated by a small control panel.
It's completely hidden in the top cupboard, and a press of a button brings it down right over the sink, providing easy access.
Can't find a picture at that moment, but some of the things I saw were typically Japanese.
Didn't do much else, though.
Today, we went to the
Osaka Science Museum. Smaller, and a little less hands-on than the
Miraikan Museum in Tokyo, but a fun visit nonetheless.
Afterwards, we went for lunch at Oude Kaas and walked down to Amerika-Mura; the American shopping street.
It didn't do much for me, but I can imagine a person more fashionable than me being able to spend quite some time there.
Tonight (it's 19:00 as I'm writing this) I'm going to try and get some night shots of Shinsaibashi and Dotonburi, along with the famous Glico-neon.
Cheers, K.