Today is Osaka castle day! K and I had another bowl of ramen for lunch. When we went into the shop, there were only us and another couple. But when we left, the whole restaurant was full house. I didn't think the ramen was nice leh, average only. But I love their tortoise shaped sauce containers! So cute.
We started our journey to the castle after lunch, and was greeted at the entrance to the castle park with rows and rows of pretty flowers. = )
And a bunch of youngsters rolling around on a pair of wheels. The interesting thing was, the wheels are separate, so it's kinda like a skateboard but without the whole piece of board in between. Quite cool.
There's also this cartoon looking tram that brings people around the park without all the walking. K and I decided to save the money and walk instead.
The weather that day was so hot that i started to develop rashes on my back. Perspiration and wool sweaters doesn't work well for my delicate skin = ( Initially, i wanted to wear sleeveless, but was worried it might rain again like yesterday and the weather will turn cold at night. So wore my wool sweater with hood.
Totally regretted my decision!
So i walked and scratched the whole way until we finally reached the castle. There was some dance performance in front of the castle, so we stood there and watched for a while before heading right up to the magnificent castle. I was half contemplating to buy the ticket to go into the castle, but decided against it for 2 reasons.. One, my back was itching like mad. And two, K told me the castle was not the original one, and had been torn down and rebuilt 3 times already. So i thought, forget it! But it does look pretty from the outside though.
We headed back to the hotel after Osaka castle, so I could change out of my itchy sweater and take a shower. My itch went away the minute i got into the air conditioned train station. We had omelette rice and ice cream for lunch in the train station near our hotel, i bathed and changed, and then we headed out again for some street side shopping. Bought a whole lot of stuff at the 100 yen shop, from Winnee the Pooh zip lock bags and laundry bags to Hello Kitty toothbrushes for the kids..
Along the way, we came across this really happening supermarket with a bright flashing signboard. If only they knew what this means in Chinese! = )
We started our journey to the castle after lunch, and was greeted at the entrance to the castle park with rows and rows of pretty flowers. = )
And a bunch of youngsters rolling around on a pair of wheels. The interesting thing was, the wheels are separate, so it's kinda like a skateboard but without the whole piece of board in between. Quite cool.
There's also this cartoon looking tram that brings people around the park without all the walking. K and I decided to save the money and walk instead.
The weather that day was so hot that i started to develop rashes on my back. Perspiration and wool sweaters doesn't work well for my delicate skin = ( Initially, i wanted to wear sleeveless, but was worried it might rain again like yesterday and the weather will turn cold at night. So wore my wool sweater with hood.
Totally regretted my decision!
So i walked and scratched the whole way until we finally reached the castle. There was some dance performance in front of the castle, so we stood there and watched for a while before heading right up to the magnificent castle. I was half contemplating to buy the ticket to go into the castle, but decided against it for 2 reasons.. One, my back was itching like mad. And two, K told me the castle was not the original one, and had been torn down and rebuilt 3 times already. So i thought, forget it! But it does look pretty from the outside though.
We headed back to the hotel after Osaka castle, so I could change out of my itchy sweater and take a shower. My itch went away the minute i got into the air conditioned train station. We had omelette rice and ice cream for lunch in the train station near our hotel, i bathed and changed, and then we headed out again for some street side shopping. Bought a whole lot of stuff at the 100 yen shop, from Winnee the Pooh zip lock bags and laundry bags to Hello Kitty toothbrushes for the kids..
Along the way, we came across this really happening supermarket with a bright flashing signboard. If only they knew what this means in Chinese! = )
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