On one of the islands in the Aji River of Osaka near Universal Studios Japan is one of the world's largest aquariums. The Pacific Ocean tank is the largest, filled with 5,400 tons of water that can be found towards the center of the aquarium. It houses two whale sharks, hammer head sharks, mackerel, sting [...]
Dōtonbori is an area in Osaka near Namba station and the Nippombashi station. It's a couple streets of bright lights, food, shopping and entertainment that tends to be crowded. There are famous spots for photos such as across the Ebisubashi bridge where the famous Glico sign of a running man is. Note that it doesn't light [...]
Osaka Castle isn't the original castle. It was rebuilt several times and the one currently standing in Osaka was built 1931. It's more of a castle grounds with a few replica buildings up, such as Tenshukaku, or the castle museum. The museum is about Hideyoshi Toyotomi who had the original castle built in 1583. Several [...]
While I was visiting it turned out there was also going to be a hiking event with a group my friend had gone with before so I joined in. It seems, every Sunday a group meets up through Meetup and explores some new part of the Kansai area. We all met at Takatsuki station, ran [...]
After lunch my friend showed me the Umeda Sky Building, also know as the floating garden observatory. It's a unique looking building near the Umeda/Osaka stations. The Umeda Sky building is a good place in which to view the city. It opens up into an open circle that you can walk around on the roof. [...]
