Showing posts with label Osaka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Osaka. Show all posts

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Intermixi TGS Tour - Day 9

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Our final, full day in Japan was dampened a little by persistent rain. We started our day heading out to Kobe to see the gigantic Tetsujin 28-go statue that had been built in Wakamatsu Park. We had not arrived to Japan in time to see the life-size version of the Gundam statue that had been erected in Odaiba (and since then the Gundam has moved to Shizuoka), so seeing Tetsujin 28 was an equal treat.

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From Kobe, we traveled back to Osaka and went to see Osaka Castle. A very beautiful castle, however, we didn't too much as the rain was coming down heavier during this part of the day.

After Osaka Castle, we traveled back to our hotel in Osaka and prepared for our night out ... no, our last night out in Japan. Aka-san had planned for all of us to go to Club Pure. I will admit this right here. I wussed out when the party really started to get going. I knew that we all had to get up real early to make our trains to get to Narita Airport to make our flights. So, I left before the trains stopped running so that I could get back to the hotel. I suck, I know.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Intermixi TGS Tour - Day 7

Today was a travel day. Two of our party, Greg and X, were leaving to go back to the States so we saw them off at the hotel lobby. The rest of us had packed up and were set to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka where we would stay for the end of the tour.

The ride from Tokyo to Osaka took a couple of hours. Once we arrived, we made our way to our hotel and then Aka-san took us around the immediate area pointing out places of interest. We also took a trip through some of the more famous districts in Osaka like Dotonbori and Namba.

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