For most people it is apparently a big shock when they first come here and it is indeed an entirely different world. However, I like it a lot. People are nice and friendly (although extremely, sometimes overly polite, but coming from Seattle that's not new ;-)). Everything is clean and very organized (yeah, that's coming from a German...)
Saturday, Iris took me to DenDen City, where tons of cheap electronics shops are and to the heart of Osaka, the most noisy and busy part of town.
In a little back alley we found a Kimono place and ended up in a shopping frenzy, which we rounded up by a meal of Onokamiyaki (?I'll have to check back on that), a Japanese style pancake.
For the night, we met up with some of her friends for Karaoke.
Karaoke in Japan means you and a bunch of friends rent a room with Karaoke machine and go crazy singing without worrying about annoying anyone - much more preferrably than the stage-in-a-bar-version popular in Germany and the US.
On Sunday, we took the train to Arashiyama (near Kyoto) for some beautiful landscape, bamboo forest, temples and shrines and concluded the day with a Japanese style BBQ. More detail and pictures on that will follow :-)
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Addition: Japanese are not only incredibly nice, they're also really efficient: On Monday, I spent 15(!) minutes at the consulate to get my Visa renewed. That task took almost 6 hours in Frankfurt last fall!
Okonomiyaki! My favorite food!! Okonomiyaki in Osaka is the best... better than in Tokyo :D
Hey du, toll, dass das mit dem Visum geklappt hat. Deine Ma hat mir davon erzählt - das hätte ja auch ganz schön schief gehen können :-)
LG, Rebecca
I like Okonomiyaki too! We had another on e(fast food version) yesterday. How is it different in Tokyo?
Visa-update: My Visa arrived today after only two(!) days! YAY!
Congrats for receiving your renewed visa!
In Tokyo, Okonomiyaki is a little thin and firm. Okonomiyaki in Hiroshima is as good as one in Osaka... it contain yakisoba noodle! :)
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