Day 7 – Osaka in a day

Today we caught the JR Rapid Transit train to Osaka. 30 minutes later we were in Osaka. The trains here are brilliant.

We only had the day here so we just picked a couple of activities.

The Umeda Sky Building was close to Osaka station so we went there first. Its a 40 story modern building that looks like its been made from spare parts of other buildings. It has twin towers that connect at the top with an observation deck. It also has a escalator that connects the two towers.

We took the escalator but is wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be.

We had lunch in the basement of the building. As usual there was lots of restaurants to choose from.

Then we caught the train to the Dotonbori district. Here were lots of restaurants, shops and PEOPLE. Most of the people seemed intent on getting a selfie with Glico. I’d never heard of Glico, but apparently its a famous billboard of the Glico running man. I was amazed so many people were talking photos.

While we were in a chemist buying hand cream, it started snowing. The young girl assisting us saw it and just about wet herself with glee. It was like the first time she had ever seen snow. Pfft we were already soooo over the snow.

Osaka was fun. I’d love to come back and explore more of her.

We caught the train back to Kyoto, exhausted as usual.

Home tomorrow 😦