This is dotonbori. I needed to go to the Chinese consulate in Osaka today to apply for a Chinese visa. It was easy enough, though a little expensive to get there. After I applied for my visa I decided it was worth having a look around rather then just going home. I walked from the consulate to shinsaibashi, dotonbori, namba, and nipponbashi. It was a little far but they are all interesting shopping areas. I was looking for another game for my gameboy. And also so...

The amazing kotatsu

These fancy Japanese keys are really common at restraunts or izakaias because you need to put your shoes in a locker...

I just arrived at umeda station in Osaka. I recognized this building, hep 5. I was suppost to meet saki at the hankyu umeda station, but the night bus stopped at the jr station. I found the hankyu station easily but i couldn't find saki. I ended up calling her from a payphone which cost quite a bit here. Once I found saki it was great we got the train back to hirano station. Sakis English was improved since I last saw her so we could talk alot in the train. Sak...

I went to shibuya today to take a photo of the famous road crossing. It was soo busy there. I got a gameboy advance with pokemon blue and batteries for about 12$!! After walking around for a while I was really tired of the busyness. I decided to go to this park at ueno. I turned out it was deserted which was great and surprising. I was really glad and just chilled out and walked around there for ages... After a while I decided to venture into this shopping area ...