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Osaka castle
After many trains and switches we arrived at the Osaka castle area, the whole thing was surrounded by steep stone cliffs and an enormous moat, some of the stones that made up the walls were 20 feet across and 15 feet tall, they stood at the gates as a symbol of the power of the […]
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Owl forest
While wandering the shopping area next to our hotel we came across a jungle themed cat cafe and owl forest. At Tia’s request we ventured up the stairs to the owl forest and were greeted by the gentle sounds of running water and birds chirping. Looking back at us as soon as we entered was […]
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Fushimi Inari – the fox shrine
The gates looked exactly as I had imagined, I learned that the reason behind the red coloured gates is that the colour chases away evil and purifies you. There are many small prayer stations where you can make an offering and ring the bell to make a prayer. Leading up the mountain are more gates […]
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Day two in Osaka
We started our day by hopping on a charter bus to Nara. When we got off we were greeting by hundreds of deer roaming among the crowds of people. Many small stands selling crackers to feed to them. We walked over to the Todaiji temple and inside there was an enormous statues of Buda it […]
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Crazy Tunnels!
The tunnels here are much too long to hold your breath going through if you tried you would undoubtedly die before you got to the other end. They are so long that they need to have huge fans on the ceiling to move air and oxygen through the tunnel.
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Day one in Osaka
I woke up to an alarm at 7:00 we were told that we were going to wake up at around 4 in the morning because of jet lag but I slept through the whole night. The hotel rooms were very small 8 square feet maximum. The shower took up half of the bathroom and had […]
