Day 6 - Namba, Osaka 大阪

Travelling around in Japan is surprisingly easy with a Japanese Rail Pass, you just go to the JR office and they'll reserve seats on the Shinkansen for you in seconds. You almost get the impression that they enjoy their jobs and it's a pleasure to serve you unlike in the UK when you will most likely be made to feel that you're imposing on their precious time.

When we got to Osaka we were highly impressed at the quality of our Hotel. Here's a pic from the window, our tea, and a link to the vids from YouTube.

A wander in Osaka revealed probably the most vibrant night scene of our trip so far. There were bright lights and people as far as the eye could see. It's no wonder people say this is more authentically Japanese than Tokyo (though Tokyo was awesome).

We went into "Bird's Bar" which turned out to be a joint where we paid handsomely for the pleasure of being served by Japanese girls wearing cowboy hats. After we sussed that we were in fact paying for their drinks as well as our we cut our losses and called it a night. Barring getting another shot of the view from the room at night, getting drunk on Kirin and sake and blogging while Dave watched Japanese Golf and playing with the toilet of course.