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JR Osaka sta. |
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20 minutes from Central Kobe by JR-train. Here we came to Osaka. Osaka is Japan's 2nd ( or 3rd ) largest city. |
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Osaka castle park |
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Osaka castle is a famous Japanese-style castle built in 1583. But it was burned out by domestic war in 1615, then rebuilt in 1931. Many foreign tourists come to this castle every day. |
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| So wide a park ! | Pigeons were taking a bath^^ | We can see Osaka castle. |
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Castle observatory |
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8th floor of Osaka castle is an observatory. We can see beautiful scenery of Central Osaka from there. |
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Ten-Jin bridge |
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Near this bridge there's a long long shopping mall ( about 3km long! ) This bridge is not popular, but we can see a landscape of real Osaka. Such as wide roads, wide rivers, many jumbled-up buildings... |
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Do-Ton-Bori |
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Around Do-ton-bori River is one of Japan's biggest pleasure-resort street. Baseball freaks in Osaka sometimes jump into this "dirty" river. |
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WTC Cosmo Tower |
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This building stands near Osaka bay-area. Its 252 meters high has a highest record of buildings in West Japan. |
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Tower observatory |
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I went there at a day's sunset time. Some lovers were there. |
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| It gets dark! | ||
GLAY Live |
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I happened to see GLAY's outdoor live there! I watched at a pedestrian bridge near the place. |
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| A bridge also had much audience. | I could
listen to the sound clearly even far from there! |
About 7,000 Audience ! |
Hankyu Grand Building |
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Now, we came back to Osaka station! Hankyu Grand Building stands near this station. Upper floor has many restaurants. We can see Osaka station and JR trains which constantly come and go. |
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The end of this virtual tour.
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