| I've been in Osaka Prefecture for about a week now. From the night I got here I remembered why it, in my head, is so much more memorable than Tokyo. The food culture here, including the DIY food, the loud genki atmosphere in many restaurants, is its own experience. And the variety of food everywhere is beyond compare. The people here just feel more outgoing too. Kansai being already so familiar to me, I haven't done much sight-seeing. I have been to the four major cities; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nara, but spent much more time in Osaka than the rest. The JR pass has been a godsend. I've been catching up with old friends from KG, and am crashing with one who still lives just outside of Osaka. I went for some okonomiyaki with two friends and later that day did some sightseeing in Kobe and got (cheaper) Kobe beef with one friend. I had a nice few days in Kyoto/Osaka with an old speaking partner, and had dinner at an izakaya with a friend of a friend I met in KG. I still have plans with one last friend tomorrow. The area is as beautiful as ever, but the rain and dreary weather is a bit unfortunate. It's what you should expect from Japan though. That said, I bought a super famicon years ago. I'm spending way. way. too much money on games. Then I discovered the Super Game Boy... and so am buying game boy games too. Yikes, |
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