Fukuoka and Ōsaka

Fukuoka

Osaka

Fukuoka was nice. We just had a few hours between trains, so we found somewhere to eat and then went to see Canal City, a big mall with interesting architecture. There's actally a river inside the complex. We walked the area for a while, had some strawberry/banana crêpes and then went to the SEGA gaming corner and played a little more of the same drumming game we played in Hong Kong. Then it was time to move on and get on our connecting train.

We've been in Ōsaka for two days now. On the first night we went out with our roommates and some other people staying at the hostel. The destination turned out to be an all-you-can-drink bar, and our calculations showed that you would have to have at least six drinks to get your money's worth for the entrance fee. So we woke up quite late the day after.

Saturday was spent visiting the castle and seeing the Apple Store, in addition to the usual chore of finding an ATM that accepts foreign cards. We tried to find the Ramen Arcade, a whole arcade lined with nothing but rāmen restaurants, but finally settled for the first place to eat we could find. I still didn't feel very well since the day before, so I went to sleep early. Erik went out with the others "just for a short while", but finally came home in the morning. :-)

I'll go check on him now, to see if he's ready to go to Kyōto for today.