Aptly named the kitchen of Japan!
We did a lot of shopping and a lot of eating. We stayed near the Dotonbori-Shinsaibashi area so we ended up spending a lot of time here. We started off at the end of Shinsaibashi, the shopping street, and it took us so long to get through it because we kept stopping to buy snacks and souvenirs. Then we emerged at the end to Dotonbori and ate even more: takoyaki, matcha soft serve, gyoza, okonomiyaki! I wish I had a greater stomach capacity.
It is so bright here. There’s so many flashing signs and I got to see the man of honour: Glico Man! Then we wandered among the giant food sculptures, from stall to stall. It was a bit rainy but the reflection of all the lights on the water was actually pretty beautiful. And it was here that I discovered that the clear umbrellas of Osaka are akin to the black umbrellas of Toronto. (Refer to Figure 1.)
Osaka was so exciting with all its flashing lights. The nightlife is something else, it seems like the city never sleeps.
