9/7/2009

Yesterday my roommate and I went to Osaka. This was my first experience going to downtown Osaka. I was a little hesitant because I wasn't used to the public transportation system and we were meeting one of my room mates friends. But I was there to step out of my comfort zone and make friends..

Baum, my roommate, and I took off towards the train station on our bikes. He was flying down the street on his bike! I can ride a bike and I am in shape, but I am not used to riding my bike everywhere. Several times I had to ask him to slow down because I couldn't either catch up from not being fast enough or making sure I didn't hit a person or car.

After several train rides later throughout several different lines, we finally arrived at a たべほだい..in this case, all you can eat sushi. (^^) I was very hungry by the time we arrived. We took a cheaper route, but had to walk quite a bit.

It was 1,500 円 and the exchange rate when I went was about 82 円 per dollar. The interesting part was we could only stay there for 90 minutes..interesting concept.

We walked around downtown Osaka and Shinsaibachi, a famous shopping district in Osaka. We went to the Sky tower, which was about 170 meters high. The elevator was completely glass, and it was a very beautiful. Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the view. It looked like I was seeing "man-made" stars.