Today was a slow day, I was still a little hung over from last night and had to run around a bit today to sort out the rent and deposit and then a few forms for my new digs in the Tennoji area of Osaka. I arranged for me and my bags to be picked up midday on Sunday the 11th and by early afternoon I should be all settled in my new place. I've paid to stay in the hostel until then which for 7 days is costing half a months rent at my new place. I wandered shinshi...

Today I went to the kiyukan aquarium, it's the 2nd biggest in the world and felt it when I walked round it. I left the hostel later as I am becoming used to the time difference now and im sleeping a little better. I considered the trek to the aquarium but it would have taken a good part of the day and my feet were still throbbing from the last couple of days of abuse I had given them. It only took about 20 mins on the train having to swap over lines just on...

Today was a good day. I woke at about half 6 and the room was really bright, and I lay in bed for an hour until I heard my room mates start to wake up. I had decided that today I would do my first bit of site seeing. The symbol of Osaka is Osaka castle. This building and the courtyards, walls, moats etc are depicted all over Osaka and it has a very long and complicated history being the focal point of many famous battles . The castle its self is a few Km from her...

Today was stressful, my first day in Japan was not the romantic idyllic fantasy I had imagined and in fact just tired me out. Today I was to meet a woman called Midoka at Osaka station and we would discuss accommodation over the next few months in Japan. My day started at 4am. Thank you jetlag. At 4 in the morning I was wide awake and trying to figure out whether I should just lie there in silence or get up. So I got up. I quietly went downstairs to the lobby a...