Road Trip part2: Osaka
These road trip posts will be in mostlt chronological order, but Osaka presents a problem, cos it was the base of operations for a while: a place to stay while we were checking out other places, cos theres so much near-by.
Anyways, when we got there our first priority was to find a place to stay. So we went to the info booth and they told us about the Hotel Kinki. Hmmm a kinky hotel? (For any Japanese people reading this the English word kinky is similar to the Japanese word hentai). But it was close to the centre of town and dirt cheap. For a twin room (thats 2 beds to make sure of no kinky stuff- haha) it cost us less than 3000 yen (about $30 Aus) each. Not bad.
So after sorting out accommodation the next priority was to find a suitable watering hole. We kind of wandered about aimlessly (even though we had an aim) until we spotted a sign for an Irish pub (yes they ARE everywhere) and since Irish pubs the world over are basically the same, we figured to give it a go. Good call. The place was tops, very friendly, we talked to just about everyone there and when the place closed the barmen took us with them to an after hours bar. Needless to say we were pretty blotto by the time we got back to the hotel.
The next night we took a well-deserved break from drinking in order to be in tip top shape for New Years. When we got back there on New Years the place was packed and again had a great atmosphere. At one stage when the band was playing a conga line started up. Gold. And there was this crazy old guy dancing and trying to get any woman in a 5 metre radius to dance with him. Classic.
Anyways, after talking to nearly everyone in the joint, I ended up in the company of a very nice young lady. We hit it off nicely and things were heading in the direction of a nice..... conversation (ahem). But after a little while she said that she and her friends were going to go to a shrine about an hour away from where we were (its Japanese tradition to go to a shrine on New Years). I thought bugger that, and told her about the shrine me and Brent spotted just down the road earlier in the evening. So we (me, Brent, the young lady and her friends) went to the shrine. Now its probably bad enough to be shit-faced drunk at a shrine, but to be making out too, maybe that was a bit much. I didnt think it at the time though of course.
Anyways at 6am after no sleep at all I got on the train for the long journey to Hiroshima. More on that later.
Peace
Night time view of Osaka from the top of a very tall building. The glass elevator ride to the top was pretty freaky
The crazy dancing old guy. Champion
A Christmas themed love hotel. Classic. (sideways, sorry)
Anyways, when we got there our first priority was to find a place to stay. So we went to the info booth and they told us about the Hotel Kinki. Hmmm a kinky hotel? (For any Japanese people reading this the English word kinky is similar to the Japanese word hentai). But it was close to the centre of town and dirt cheap. For a twin room (thats 2 beds to make sure of no kinky stuff- haha) it cost us less than 3000 yen (about $30 Aus) each. Not bad.
So after sorting out accommodation the next priority was to find a suitable watering hole. We kind of wandered about aimlessly (even though we had an aim) until we spotted a sign for an Irish pub (yes they ARE everywhere) and since Irish pubs the world over are basically the same, we figured to give it a go. Good call. The place was tops, very friendly, we talked to just about everyone there and when the place closed the barmen took us with them to an after hours bar. Needless to say we were pretty blotto by the time we got back to the hotel.
The next night we took a well-deserved break from drinking in order to be in tip top shape for New Years. When we got back there on New Years the place was packed and again had a great atmosphere. At one stage when the band was playing a conga line started up. Gold. And there was this crazy old guy dancing and trying to get any woman in a 5 metre radius to dance with him. Classic.
Anyways, after talking to nearly everyone in the joint, I ended up in the company of a very nice young lady. We hit it off nicely and things were heading in the direction of a nice..... conversation (ahem). But after a little while she said that she and her friends were going to go to a shrine about an hour away from where we were (its Japanese tradition to go to a shrine on New Years). I thought bugger that, and told her about the shrine me and Brent spotted just down the road earlier in the evening. So we (me, Brent, the young lady and her friends) went to the shrine. Now its probably bad enough to be shit-faced drunk at a shrine, but to be making out too, maybe that was a bit much. I didnt think it at the time though of course.
Anyways at 6am after no sleep at all I got on the train for the long journey to Hiroshima. More on that later.
Peace
Night time view of Osaka from the top of a very tall building. The glass elevator ride to the top was pretty freaky
The crazy dancing old guy. Champion
A Christmas themed love hotel. Classic. (sideways, sorry)
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