Japan day 4

It's day 4 of the trip to japan. We woke up to a cold and rainy morning and i didn't feel much like getting out of bed. Still, we needed to check out today as we're heading north to a place near tokyo. Now am on the hikari super express train. It's going to be about 2 - 3 hours before we need to change trains. Going to rest now, maybe study some japanese or play some ds. :-)

Japan day 3

After our trip to the observatory, we made our way to the aquarium in osaka. Before we entered the aquarium, we had lunch at a food court nearby. I had curry rice which was okay. Still prefer my onigiri from breakfast. The aquarium itself is kind of cool. It has an 8 storey tank which houses all kinds of sharks, rays, fish and the highlight... two whales. I love aquariums and someday i would like to visit the one in okinawa. The rest of the day was spent walking and eating. We had sukiyaki and shabu shabu tonight which was really cool considering that i've never had either. On our way back we stopped at the arcade and played taiko which was really really fun. :-)

Japan day 3

We decided to have a easy day today and slept in a little. At about 10am or so we made our way to the floating garden observatory. It's a circular structure at the top of this building and it offers some really spectacular views of the city of osaka. I must saw it really is a pretty dense city. After taking some photos and taking a break, we made our way to the aquarium which has a huge 8 storey tank and whales. Cool.

Japan day 2

For dinner today, we went to namba and ate at this crab place. Man, it was really good. The dish you see in the photo above is the cold dish. I think it serves as an appetizer. We also had grilled crab, crab steamboat, crab sashimi and crab tempura. Wah, super. Then there was some sushi and some of the best chawamushi i've ever had. After that, we went outside and had some really good takoyaki. Ah... Satisfied. :-)

Japan day 2

Next we headed to miyajima where this really famous temple is. When the tide rises, the legs of the structure in the photo above is submerged in water. Very cool. Aside from that, the best part of this island is the street food which is really to die for. I particularly love the grilled oysters in shell. Now i'm on the train back to hiroshima where we'll head back to osaka for dinner. :-)

Japan day 2

The first thing we did when we reached Hiroshima was visit the atomic bomb memorial park. The above is what is left of one of the buildings that remained standing after the bomb was detonated over the city. After that we visited the museum which was really depressing and sad. The effect of the bomb was really horribly devastating. In the museum, they have two models. One of the city before the bomb and the other after. If you've never sen photos of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the model of the city after the bombing will really illustrate to you just how destructive it was. It's really quite chilling. :-(

Japan day 2

This is the second day of my 12 day trip to japan. We're now on the shinkansen on our way to hiroshima. Breakfast was a plum onigiri which was extremely tasty and hot can coffee from a vending machine. Yummy. :-)