Osaka 大阪

Just a bunch of misc pics from around Osaka, and things that didn’t fit anywhere else.

crazy pig restaurant

hold-in-the-wall ramen, underground Osaka station

Astro boy selling pharmaceuticals…

side-of-the-road mini shrine

random shopping center decorations?

Authentic Egyptian pyramid watermelons – made in Hokkaido

making good use of scarce space – a 2 car parking lot, fits 1 regular and 1 kei (micro) car

they be green pumpkins

nerikiri, costs the same as here, surprisingly

A nice takoyaki chain

Shin-Osaka station = tourists = show

the batter is a pasty white

ok looking better now

we bought a ‘2 level’ lunch set

1st level is takoyaki, 2nd level is tako rice

pretty lights…

the UHA alien!

pretty building… that bit in the middle is a ride of some sort

Sunday markets

2nd hand CDs, still going for $10+

baby dog… er…

retro shop at Aeon Center near the airport

taxi fare getting to the Aeon Center was 5000 yen (X_X)

anpanman, the crazy children’s cartoon character who regularly rips his own head off

so ’70s

so ’80s

seems to be an oversupply of anpanman characters

want to pamper your dogs, but too lazy to pamper it yourself?

we bought all this in the last 2hrs before flying out

didn’t have time to visit this one

our flight

last dinner

pretty bottles

last sashimi

waiting for boarding

toilet hand dryer!