Well...we participate in Chan Brother's 6D5N Japan Sceninc Delight. Here goes the story:
After a sleepless 7-hours flight, we arrived in Nagoya Airport. The sudden temp drop forced us to change into a thick jacket (luckily i bought this thick bubble jacket just the day before...). Then we had a 3 hours drive to Osaka by bus. Along the way we made a pit stop at Nara, a small town before Osaka. As exciting as it was to first step into Japan, we can't help but to fall asleep once we sat on the comfortable chair of the bus.
Intermezzo:
We met a bunch of high-school kids with one and only one style of hair cut! hehehe maybe they r from the army?
Our first stop once we arrived in Osaka was the Osaka Castle:
It is one of Japan's most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from sword-bearing attackers.
Duhh...sengak nya...hihii
A nice cauliflower-look a like :)
We had udon for our first lunch in Japan. Loving it! Even after only a few hours in Japan, we realized how friendly the Japanese are.
They even have takoyaki-key chain .... jepang abiesss!
Not to forget...takoyaki pretz!
After that..we visited Shinsaibashi, a shopping area in Osaka. Here we can find Daimaru, Parco, Sogo Dept Store and many other branded shops. One shop which caught our attention was Matshumoto kiyoshi. Its a well-known pharmacy chain in Japan (something like Guardian). But interestingly all pharmacies in Japan sell a lot (and i mean A LOT) of cosmetics items. So..there u go.. we had our first shopping spree of Japanese eye liner..mascara..etc etc in a pharmacy :)
The 14 storeys' Sogo dept store.
One of the wedding gown on display in Sogo (the checkers remind me of our table cloth at home! heheheh)
We found this Sanrio Gallery along the Shinsaibashi, and as expected...its FULL of Hello Kitty! You can practically find everything from stationery to golf ball with Hello Kitty logo on it.
Their unique gas stations where all the dispensers are suspended from above
See the capsule hotel in the pic? Worth a try!
In Japan..only 3G phones work. Hence they have their own version and brand of handphones. And they don't SMS anymore! Instead they email each other thru handphones...w o a w !And when we arrived at our hotel...it came as quite a shock...It was sooo small and tiny (especially with the triple beds inside it).
Even the toilet is small.....
But interestingly...all the toilet bowl in Japan is very high-tech:
Well..i guess the first 3 buttons are self-explanatory rite? heheh its just a different directions of the water spray. The last one (the music note sign) is the flushing sound (meant for a rather LOUD and excessive discharge)...interesting huh?
They also have services such as the warm seat for winter, deodorizer, adjustable volume and pressure to suit our liking! Wowww!
And in every cubicle they have special child seat so that mommies won't have to leave/carry their young ones when they go to the ladies.Guess the Japanese are considerate, toughtful and of course CREATIVE people that they put such a great effort into making a toilet...a very user-friendly and also comfortable place to be in.
At night, we visited a small traditional restaurant which supposedly served a good okonomiyaki and takoyaki.
First impression on the takoyaki:
Tako-pochi @ Takashimaya could have done better than this!
(But it turned out that the takoyaki at other places...even the one @ the highway pit stop have scored better than this one hehehe not bad indeed).
Intermezzo:
Straight tea...
Never know that there are 'gay' tea?
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