Our second day of visiting Gen's family we toured around Osaka. His aunt has more energy than both of us put together. She exhausted me. She used to run marathons, then decided that wasn't challenging enough, so she started running 60Ks. Then she did a 200K. That last one was a relay, I think, but still! Awesome. And did I mention that she
started running in her 50's? Yeah.
This was in a giant Ferris wheel. All of the pamphlets say it's the biggest one in Japan, but I think they built a bigger one somewhere in Tokyo. There are 2 cars that are totally glass, even the bottom, but it was an hour wait to ride on one of those.
Okay, you can kind of see the Ferris wheel behind me to the left. The yellow building is part of the aquarium complex. This picture was taken from the Santa Maria, a replica of Columbus's ship. Strangely, Columbus must have hired the entire cast of
Pirates of the Caribbean. I love how all pirates wear eyeliner since Johnny
Depp.
This is from the aquarium. I love this shot because of the scuba diver. He was cleaning the glass. Can you appreciate how many people were there? So, so, so many people.
The big attraction at this aquarium is the whale shark. He was pretty cool. They also had penguins, dolphins, and sea otters. I love going to aquariums with my mom. She gets totally fascinated.
Here we are at the Osaka Castle with
Riku and
Nanami. The castle is amazing from the outside and you get to go all the way up to the top for an incredible view, but the inside was a little disappointing. It's been totally gutted and refurbished with an elevator, a mini-museum, and about 3 gift shops. It's very shiny and new, nothing like the castle we saw in Kyoto. One great thing about Osaka is that there are signs and explanations in English. I appreciate that!
This is a view from the
tippy-top of the castle.
Gen's favorite picture. It's hard to see, but check out
Nanami's face. She had just fallen and scraped her knee and was right about to let out a horrific wail. Never fear, I healed her with a Band-Aid right after this picture.
In Japan when you go visit people, it is customary to take a small gift, called
omiyage. You're also supposed to bring something back from your trip to your work
colleagues. Gen bought
Riku and
Nanami this game and they wanted to play it all weekend long. I played twice, but Gen played at least 6 times. They were totally into it.
Our second day of visiting Gen's family we toured around Osaka. His aunt has more energy than both of us put together. She exhausted me. She used to run marathons, then decided that wasn't challenging enough, so she started running 60Ks. Then she did a 200K. That last one was a relay, I think, but still! Awesome. And did I mention that she started running in her 50's? Yeah.
This was in a giant Ferris wheel. All of the pamphlets say it's the biggest one in Japan, but I think they built a bigger one somewhere in Tokyo. There are 2 cars that are totally glass, even the bottom, but it was an hour wait to ride on one of those.
Okay, you can kind of see the Ferris wheel behind me to the left. The yellow building is part of the aquarium complex. This picture was taken from the Santa Maria, a replica of Columbus's ship. Strangely, Columbus must have hired the entire cast of Pirates of the Caribbean. I love how all pirates wear eyeliner since Johnny Depp.
This is from the aquarium. I love this shot because of the scuba diver. He was cleaning the glass. Can you appreciate how many people were there? So, so, so many people.
The big attraction at this aquarium is the whale shark. He was pretty cool. They also had penguins, dolphins, and sea otters. I love going to aquariums with my mom. She gets totally fascinated.
Here we are at the Osaka Castle with Riku and Nanami. The castle is amazing from the outside and you get to go all the way up to the top for an incredible view, but the inside was a little disappointing. It's been totally gutted and refurbished with an elevator, a mini-museum, and about 3 gift shops. It's very shiny and new, nothing like the castle we saw in Kyoto. One great thing about Osaka is that there are signs and explanations in English. I appreciate that!
This is a view from the tippy-top of the castle.
Gen's favorite picture. It's hard to see, but check out Nanami's face. She had just fallen and scraped her knee and was right about to let out a horrific wail. Never fear, I healed her with a Band-Aid right after this picture.
In Japan when you go visit people, it is customary to take a small gift, called omiyage. You're also supposed to bring something back from your trip to your work colleagues. Gen bought Riku and Nanami this game and they wanted to play it all weekend long. I played twice, but Gen played at least 6 times. They were totally into it.
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