Lost In Translation - Osaka 大阪
Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at at 12:25 AM by Alvin
Lots of people, miles of shops, modern facilities, fantastic neon lights and yummy Sushi was a good summary of the city of Osaka (大阪). Oh yes, and getting lost five times a day in Osaka made exploring this city that much more thorough (honest). But really, Osaka had lots more to offer - we walked till we dropped along the famous shopping Shinsaibashi (心齋橋), Namba (難波) and Dotonbori (道頓堀) areas, yeh, all 5 KM of these dazzling shops, above and below ground ! We thoroughly enjoyed our climb up the Osakajo Castle (大阪城天守閣) which had a vantage point up a hill overlooking this busy city. We feasted on fresh sushi bought from the Kuromon Ichiba (黒門市場) market each evening just before closing times and got a real bargain ! We marvelled at the general organised chaos that was Osaka and yet found a calmness and politeness in the city's peoples and drivers alike - perhaps a case in point of the art of Zen at work in this very agreeable city !
