Since I got three days off for Children's Day (May 5th) and my school anniversary, I decided to go to Japan at the last moment. We found some cheap tickets on a Korean travel site and ended up flying to Osaka for a long weekend.
We did many things in Osaka! There were many things to do...
We went to a conveyor belt sushi buffet! (Sometimes they call this Sushi kuru kuru, which means sushi-go-round hah.)
...And then we felt a bit ill.
We went to Osaka Castle. It is very big.
I am standing in front of a koi pond. The koi were huge. As in, seemed to be too huge to become fully submerged in the pond, huge.
They have many interesting things in Japan. Like the beer vending machine.
Wow.
We also learned about Japanese culture.
For instance, the South Park episode "Whale Whores" perpetuates the idea that the Japanese hate Whales and Dolphins, given how much they hunt and eat both. But, this is completely untrue. The Japanese actually hate octopuses.
Osaka is known for the very delicious street food, takoyaki, "octopus dumplings."
They eat sooooo much takoyaki. All this octopus-eating eventually evolves into this:
A huge light-up octopus. Japanese tour boats come by every 10 minutes and one lucky person gets to fire a laser canon at the octopus. Having been successfully 'slain,' the octopus sings cheerfully about delicious takoyaki and everyone is joyful.
yum!!! i loved osaka~ hope u enjoyed it too!
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