Last night...

Sweet Osaka...how you rocked me last night.
So we took it easy today. We actually did a bit of sightseeing in Osaka. We went to Osakajo (castle) today. Let me pause for the cause and tell you how blasted hot it is down here. Oh man, it is not right. So we sweat our way to Osakajo, did some running on the way and took some beautiful pictures. This castle is quite magnificent. It has a double moat and sits in the center of this enormous park. It was quite a sight to see, and the view from the top was sick. You can see all of Osaka.
We also went to the Floating Garden Observatory in the Umeda Sky Building. This was probably one of my favorite experiences. We went at night so the night view of the city from maybe 50 stories was insane. It was easily the most beautiful thing I saw in Osaka. We had a difficult time leaving this building. As we were leaving we saw these waterfalls from big metal cylindrical figures that were changing colors. That coupled with the actual design of the Umeda Sky Building against the night sky blew my mind. So we stopped and took more pictures.
We decided tonight would be an early night..it wasn't so much...but relatively speaking it was early. We ended up in America-Mura at a shisha (hookah) bar called L&L. The owner was this really cool guy from Israel and we chatted, had a couple drinks and headed home.
I love Osaka. It made me wonder how my experience would differ if I lived here.
Certainly something to think about...


Love,
Gypsy