Photos from Osaka
The Osaka monorail, on the way to the Toyonaka campus of Osaka University
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the building where the "Center for the Study of Finance and Insurance" is located
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with Ray Kawai in his office
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an electronics store ...
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... really loud and flashy ...
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... this guy was announcing something - offers i assume
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at the Umeda Sky Building
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there was an external (!) escalator connecting the main builing to the observatorium ... (scary!)
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cats in the "limelight"
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miniature of the Umeda Sky Building
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inside the scary escalator
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sketch of the observatorium of the Umeda Sky building
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again that scary escalator
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the view from the observatorium
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at the Toyonaka campus
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with Ray Kawai at the campus
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my hotel room ...
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see where the bed is?
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and now it's down!
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with Kojiro at the Osaka castle!
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view of the city from the castle
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the flag carries the sign of the Toyotomi family
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the Osaka castle
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Kendo training
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at Dotombori (Osaka by night!)
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sushi!
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a "Takoyaki" stand (delicious!)
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at an "izakaya" with Kojiro and Centalo
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beware: some wagons in the train are only for women, in the fear of frotteurism/toucherism (the perversion of touching/rubbing against other people)
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Japanese love pachinko and slot machines!
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