Japan 2008 - Tokyo continued and Osaka

Here're pictures of very delicious food we had in Tokyo:


Udon at a little Udon shop just besideAsakusa (it's delicious for it's simplicity)

Breakfast at our Ryokan

Sushi....

Japan has some iconic pictures on their manhole cover. For example in Tokyo, the manhole cover is designed with a sakura on it. While in Osaka, they have the Osaka castle on their manhole cover

Osaka
The next city we visited is Osaka. Arrived pretty early on our bus (one we booked from 123.bus.net - the only website that sells bus tickets in English). Dropped our bags on at our accommodation (we stayed in Weekly Mansion Otamae in Osaka, it had rather spacious room with it's own kitchenette and bathroom, at a pretty affordable price) and off we went...

When in Osaka, it is very worth it to purchase the tourist pass (easily available from the tourist information counter). With this pass, we kept all our sight seeing and transport at only the price of the pass. It also recomended some pretty awesome places to visit. Our favorite is the housing musuem.

We find Osaka a pleasant place for a short visit. It is a slow paced city with great food and a wonderful city to get your quirky souvenirs.

I think this is the Osaka History Musuem

On the tram ride to Osaka Castle

The Osaka Castle

The Housing Museum - It's a pretty interesting musuem letting tourist know more about the architectural history of Japan and it's past cultures through life demonstration and re-creating the buildings in the past.

Tako balls

One of the bigger buddhist temples in Osaka.

Our gohan. There's this little shop located right at the main street near our lodgings, and the food here is delicious and super worth the money that we keep going back

Nightscape from the tallest building in Osaka