a socially awkward petite girl with a big dream to travel the world. this is her fail attempt at keeping a travel blog. does not regret on the money spent on 1. travel 2. foods 3. cats 4. books :)
Jan 15th & 16th, 2016
Osaka. So many places we wanted to visit yet we only have one and a half day. On the first day, instead of using the icoca, we bought the ecopass for trains. This card costs 800¥ and you can use it for train rides the whole day and also get discounts to some of tourists spots.
ecocard and my fav drink to keep me warm
First off, we head to the Osaka Castle. Man the castle area was so huge. Osaka castle history was something about this Hideyoshi guy and then there's Tokugawa clan destroy and rebuild or whatever. I don’t really have a brain fit for historical major so you can just google and find out about that. Hehe.
Of course jump shot in front of the castle. And we actually get a shot with all of us in the air /crying in victory/
you dont know how much effort we put to get this picture XD
Also we get to dress up and hold a katana and take a wefie with a Sanada Yukimura cosplayer. Sanada Yukimura is one of the famous warrior easily identified with the one who wears the antler hat.
Since its friday, we decided to join the Friday prayer at the islamic centre. We took the train to Chibune where the mosque is located nearby the station. Its a bit far from the central Osaka. And of course you can finds lotsa halal food there too.
The exterior of the islamic centre is still on renovation at that time.
Inside the praying area.
After that we went to Osaka museum of heritage to rent yukata but sadly it already sold out so we decided to come back tomorrow (advanced booking is not available).
Next, we head to Sanadayama park (because one of us is a fan of Sanada Yukimura).
Finally the destination we all are looking forward: Den Den Town! The name of the place is actually Nipponbashi. Because it sells a lot of electronics appliances it is called Den Den (short for Denki=Electric). It is also similar to Akihabara in Tokyo but i guess it is much smaller. Den den town was like the highlight of our trip because duh we are all crazy anime fans. With that said, we spent hours there and goodbye money haha.
Filling our hunger with delicious ten don. Yum!
The next day we split to 2 groups. Mamao & Hariz went to Ishibashi to hunt for guitars while the rest of us went back to the museum of house and living. We were so unlucky that the yukata are sold out again but we entered the museum anyways.
Playing with traditional game.
Oh i forgot to mention we also use ecocard and for weekend it cost only 600¥.
After that we walk around Shinsaibashi. It is more like a high end shopping district. Next we head to the oh so famous Dotonbori or so called Osaka big kitchen. So many streetfood yum!!
Continued walking and again, to Den Den Town because one time is not enough. Haha. But we have a time limit for like two hours because sadly we have a flight to catch.
Andd at the end of the day we have to drag our feet back to the airport. But not before we got lost again! Haha. Its crazy. Google maps is driving me insane. But thanks to that we met an ikemen-san who helped us show the way although he can’t speak english XD.
Finally arrived at the airport on time. Time to return the rental pocket wifi. Just put it in the envelop (provided along with the pocket wifi) and drop it in any postbox before checking in. Checked in our luggage and sayonara japan. Till we meet again <3
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