Osaka Again

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trip to the Kansai region again, starting with Osaka.  I stayed at vivi and eisuke's house in Osaka.

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the awesome shinkansen.  so much leg room.  such a nice smooth ride.

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somewhere in osaka

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small cheap but awesome robata-yaki restaurant somewhere near that photo in osaka somewhere.  i went to one in new york next to the new york times building and it was really expensive.

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so at robata-yaki places the guy gives you your dishes on this wooden paddle thing.  there was one guy manning the grill and doing everything for the whole place.

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tako san weiner, weiners cut to look like octopus.  these are a kids thing for lunch or festivals and stuff but i never had it before and it was on the menu so i went for it.

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hair magic again?  or just osaka friendliness.  2 random girls i met sitting next to us.

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a gatcha gatcha capsule machine where you get a key and then unlock the corresponding price door below.

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the dudes

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taxi ride home.

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you can see osaka castle from their house.

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shotengai shopping street.

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vivi

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tuna chart.

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forgot what this is but the package is awesome.

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the logo for the some japanese soccer team is a 3 legged raven.  its good luck or something and there is a whole story but i don't have time to wikipedia it again.

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no one knows what this is.

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huge bamboo shoots.

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the many delicious fish from japan.

4 comments:

Michelle Lye said...

Hey. May I know what is the name of that robatayaki place you went to? I will be traveling to Osaka/Kyoto/Tokyo next spring. And the robatayaki place looks interesting. I found one in Tokyo but it's really expensive.

Cheers!

P/s: Love your blog! It's amazing how you travel around. :)

melvin said...

i cant believe the price of the bamboo shots,here in the philippines we could just ask from our neighbor.

Anonymous said...

hi, can i know what's the name and location of that robatayaki you posted?

Jason Raish said...

sorry guys I don't know the name of the place. :(