Friday, June 06, 2008

Japan trip day 2

Day 2

aft like half day wasted on plane rides..finalli set foot on our first sightseeing place-osaka castle...was a nice place but we onli roughly saw the outer part la...i love the weather thr lor...aircon temperature..n everythin seems pretty over thr

little steel birds.


train to bring tourists up.cute...


fortress


anoother area of osaka castle


osaka castle..looks like 5 storeys but thr is actuali 8...


me n xuannie...hahaaaa



place whr ppl hv weddings (*tradional)



lunch time!!!




aft which we went over to the sakae museum..was a brief visit la..juz took a look around on hw they mk sakae frm rice...n we sampled a little...feels warm on the throat



one of the process of mkin sakae


den we head off to kobe chinatown...

the place resembles shanghai a lot tho is a small street..but loads of japanese go thr to eat all the chi snacks...is kinda interesting la...feels like china but everyone speaks japanese...we saw this interesting bao dat is totally black...the japanese improvises it by injecting the squid ink inside...didnt dare to try but those who tried told me it taste the same juz dat texture is a lil diff la...heee...


spot this veri cute coffeehse along the chaintown street..damn pretty lor


aft touring thr for some time...we went to harbourland,a mosaic town along the bay..sth like harbourfront in sg..juz dat is beta....thr r loads of coffeehses,pretty shophouses,pushcarts



outside entrance


nice boat


the shophses


n oso a mini funfair like place for kids....

realli relaxing place..n thr r like plenty of ppl sitting near the sea area n njoying the sea breeze....me n xuannie were like rushing frm shops to shops lor...super loads of nicee tings to see..heee


xuan in front of shop selling dog stuff


for dinner we den head to dotombori...is in downtown osaka..a street full of food...too bad we didnt get hv enough time to go to shinsaibaishi--alot of shopping...


aniwaes..we r free to eat our own food so we had ramen..highly recommended by tour guide.....is super yummy tho it looks plain..best ramen i ever had..the prok is tender n tasty..n noodles bouncy..love the soup base....

xuan buying ramen wif tix.


den we went to had the famous takoyaki which always ahad a long queue....another yummy food...is slightly diff frm sg..the octopus is huge..n outer is crunchy...love it loads....



aft a super long day...we headback to our first hotel of our trip....the shampoo,conditioner n body soap r all shisedo lor...damn cool!!!!haaaa...we r like super tired..fell str to slp qte soon..


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