Today we went to the Osaka Aquarium. Since today is Sunday, it was packed. Screaming children pulling adults around flooded every inch. Strangely, there is no major open space in the entire aquarium, it is one very long hall spiraling down from the top of the building. It was very strange architecture, at times claustrophobic and very load due to the hard walls and endlessly long tunnels we were all channeled through.
I can't say I learned much. I want a pet crab. One of the few pets I can provide a good life for. Well maybe not for the first three crabs but fourth time is the charm you know? Ok, bad idea. Maybe. Anyways, we acomplished are largest goal, to get Zoe in physical contact with her favorite marine animal: Sting-ray! (see below)
We wandered around this mall and had ice cream after the chaotic fish world. It was worth the $23 to get in by the way, there was a twenty meter long whale shark and sea horses. We ate a lot of junk food today but we had a great lunch and dinner. Food is so expensive here and I am really looking forward to constant access to good food for under $10.
We went to the American village after our ice cream. I thought it was going to be packed with Japanese hipsters, moderately sketchy, and some strange depiction of the US. I found none. I saw some US looking shops and restaurants but it was such a rich part of town I think the neighborhood is being choked out. It is literally next to skyscrapers which are basically moving in.
Our couch surfing host is awesome though we have not seen much of him. His name is Akira and he loves soul music, he plays drums among many other instruments and has cut his own album last march which is now available on itunes. We got a great room, a jug of soy milk in the fridge (soy milk is amazing in Japan!), and a box of cereal. Life is complete.
I can't say I learned much. I want a pet crab. One of the few pets I can provide a good life for. Well maybe not for the first three crabs but fourth time is the charm you know? Ok, bad idea. Maybe. Anyways, we acomplished are largest goal, to get Zoe in physical contact with her favorite marine animal: Sting-ray! (see below)
We wandered around this mall and had ice cream after the chaotic fish world. It was worth the $23 to get in by the way, there was a twenty meter long whale shark and sea horses. We ate a lot of junk food today but we had a great lunch and dinner. Food is so expensive here and I am really looking forward to constant access to good food for under $10.
We went to the American village after our ice cream. I thought it was going to be packed with Japanese hipsters, moderately sketchy, and some strange depiction of the US. I found none. I saw some US looking shops and restaurants but it was such a rich part of town I think the neighborhood is being choked out. It is literally next to skyscrapers which are basically moving in.
Our couch surfing host is awesome though we have not seen much of him. His name is Akira and he loves soul music, he plays drums among many other instruments and has cut his own album last march which is now available on itunes. We got a great room, a jug of soy milk in the fridge (soy milk is amazing in Japan!), and a box of cereal. Life is complete.
zoë, age four, running into the baltimore aquarium to be reunited with her favorite animals: "oh, stingy stingy! look at them, they're SO CUTE!"
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