Konnichiwa Japan - My very first trip to the land of rising run

[rbjhan]

Day 10
Penultimate day of the trip, spent shopping in Osaka, mainly in BIC Camera Namba, Daimaru Shinsaibashi and Takashimaya Namba.

I didn't like Osaka at all during this trip....only after #2 I realised the problem. You see, the Namba / Dotonbori / Shisaibashi area is very touristy. Streets were full of packaged tours and the like, very noisy very busy.
Subsequent trips I stayed at Umeda area and it was much more to my liking.

Only pictures of food on this day...

Wakasaya, seafood donburi restaurant.




Pablo mini


Tenchijin
Pork belly rice with extra spring onion.

 

[rbjhan]

Day 11
I had a late afternoon flight to HKG then an overnight one back to MEL.
Took a Nankai train to Rinkutown in the morning.


What is this Rinkutown? An outlet...yep, more shopping!


The bridge linking KIX to mainland.


It was a beautiful day.


Lunch was tonkatsu.


The End.

 

[rbjhan]

There you have it, my first Japan trip.
More traditional sites I guess... Didn't include Tokyo as I only had a week and half - who knows, maybe I knew I would go back?

 

[OZDUCK]

Looks to have been a great first trip. Plenty of sights and lots of interesting foods. Thanks for writing it up.

 

[VPS]

Thanks once again. Fantastic photos and really informative

 

[rbjhan]

Thanks once again. Fantastic photos and really informative

This was more of a traditional Kansai region trip, if you are going to Kyoto I think definitely would be helpful in terms of which sites to visit much as I won't be going anywhere near Kinkakuji nowadays, can't deny it was a spectacular sight to behold.

 

[craven morehead]

Well you've certainly seen some of Japan in the last 6-7 years !! Beautiful photos.

 

[rbjhan]

Well you've certainly seen some of Japan in the last 6-7 years !! Beautiful photos.

Hopefully more to come, sigh.
During my boredom in lockdown, started a Japanese language course online

 

[AIRwin]

During my boredom in lockdown, started a Japanese language course online

Ganbatte!

 

[craven morehead]

Hopefully more to come, sigh.
During my boredom in lockdown, started a Japanese language course online

Well done, maybe something positive to come out of this lockdown.

 

[rbjhan]

Well done, maybe something positive to come out of this lockdown.

ありがとうございまし