 Osaka is Japan's second major metropolitan center |
 Osaka license plate |
 Osaka City Guide |
 Osaka FM |
 Christmas at Todobashi Umeda |
 Christmas in Osaka |
 Yodobashi Umeda Christmas 2005 |
 Yodobashi Umeda Christmas 2005 |
 Lunch on top of Yodobashi |
 Kinokuniya Books, Osaka |
 Mitsubishi, just north of Umeda Station |
 Mitsubishi, just north of Umeda Station |
 North of Umeda Station |
 Just north of Yodobashi Camera |
 Bicycle license plate? |
 Road leading north from Osaka Station |
 Near Osaka Station |
 Sake ad, Osaka |
 Hankyu Dept. Store, by Osaka Station |
 Near Osaka Station |
 Near Osaka Station |
 Osaka Hilton |
 Osaka Hilton |
 Near Osaka Station |
 Travel Court, Osaka Station |
 Hotel Monterey Osaka |
 High level wedding chapel? |
 Woman in a beautiful Kimono near Osaka Station |
 Osaka International Trade Fair poster |
 Komatsubaracho, Kita-ku |
 Osaka History Museum and NHK |
 Osaka History Museum and NHK |
 Osaka History Museum - NHK |
 Expo '70 time capsule |
 Osaka History Museum |
 Japanese souvenir shop, Osaka |
 Japanese t-shirts |
 Plastic food, Osaka |
 Plastic food, Osaka |
 Plastic food, Osaka |
 Plastic food, Osaka |
 If that fails ... |
 ...there's always McDonald's |
 To Kobe and Kansai Airport |
 Osaka is a huge sprawling city |
 This view is from the Kintetsu train from Nara |
 Universal Studios Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 McDonald's, Amerika-mura |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Statue of Liberty, America Village, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Amerika-mura, Osaka |
 Tower Records, Osaka |
 Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Arcade, Osaka |
 Shinsaibashi-Suji, a 3 km shopping arcade parallel to Midosuji-dori |
 Hello Kittz, Shinsaibashi-Suji arcade |
 A festive procession I happened upon in the Shinsaibashi district 11 Jan 05 |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka, Japan |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Repetitive chanting through loudspeakers |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi district, Jan 2005 |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Pet shop, Shinsaibashi district, Osaka |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 A temple on Midosuji-Mitsuderacho (Shinsaibashi) |
 A temple on Midosuji-Mitsuderacho (Shinsaibashi) |
 The Wheel of Fortune? |
 Temple on Midosuji-Mitsuderacho (Shinsaibashi) |
 Shinsaibashi area temple |
 Shinsaibashi area temple |
 Peacock above the entrance to the Daimaru Department Store, Osaka |
 Shinsaibashi Subway Station on the Mido-suji line |
 Painted Osaka manhole cover, Shinsaibashi |
 Beautiful cloth obi |
 Obis in a shop, Shinsaibashi arcade |
 Japanese obi |
 An obi is a sash or belt worn with a kimono |
 Osaka - Shinsaibashi |
 Maruzen Foreign Bookstore, Shinsaibashi arcade |
 Restaurant with Guiness in Shinsaibashi |
 A neat dragon over the Ryugu restaurant, Shinsaibashi-Suji |
 Ryugu |
 Ryugu |
 Kirin Centre |
 Kirin Centre |
 Kirin Centre |
 Dotomburi-gawa River, Osaka |
 Dotomburi-gawa River, Osaka |
 Osaka |
 Dotomburi-dori is a main entertainment street in Osaka |
 Sailing ship facade, Dotomburi-dori |
 Small shrine, Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi has many restaurants |
 Midosuji-Dori at the Dotomburi-gawa River, Osaka |
 Spotaka, Midosuji-dori, Osaka |
 Sporting goods store, Midosuji-Dori |
 Neon advertising along the Dotomburi-gawa River, Osaka |
 The Dotomburi area must be a spectacular sight at night |
 Asahi Beer ad, Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori |
 Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Kabuki theatre, Dotomburi-dori at Midosuji-dori |
 Kabuki theatre, Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Kabuki theatre, Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Osaka kabuki theatre |
 Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Seafood restaurant, Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Giant crab above a restaurant on Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Along the Dotomburi-gawa River |
 Another of the many interesting restaurants on Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Aria Blu, Osaka |
 Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Grill Parizo, Dotomburi-dori, Osaka |
 Japanimation, Dotomburi-doibles in Japan |
 The new Harry Potter bookin Japan |
 Poster for the new Japanese movie Yamato |
 Display for the Japanese movie Aegis |
 Shining Boy and Little Randy, a Japanese movie |
 The Incredibles in Japan |
 Japanese magazine rack in Osaka |
 Yomiuri event in Osaka |
 Aeon, a Japanese langauge training company |
 Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka stage 1780-1830 |
 Ebisubashi arcade |
 Ebisubashi arcade, between Dotomburi and Namiba |
 Traditional items, Ebisubashi arcade |
 Ebisubashi arcade |
 Election season in Japan, Aug 2005 |
 Namba 1 Ban, gaming since 1952 |
 Namba 1 Ban |
 Something August 1st |
 Karaoke Room near Namba Station |
 Osaka is a city for eating |
 Street food in Osaka |
 Osaka restaurant poster |
 Osaka restaurant poster |
 These are just north of Doguyasuji |
 Doguyasuji, "Utensil Alley" |
 Doguyasuji, "Utensil Alley" |
 Doguyasuji is lined with shops selling housewares and restaurant supplies |
 Doguyasuji, "Utensil Alley" |
 This would go over well in Dubai |
 Shop selling those red paper lanterns, Doguyasuji |
 Doguyasuji |
 Doguyasuji |
 A bit off the utensil theme, but you can get your genuine samuri wig in Doguyasuji as well |
 Samurai wig |
 Samurai wig in use |
 Doguyasuji |
 Doguyasuji |
 Yet another big plastic cat, Doguyasuji |
 This was near the Doguyasuji cinema |
 Japan |
 Edge of Den Den Town, the electonics souq |
 Den Den Town area |
 Saurus, Osaka |
 Yahoo! Japan, on the edge of Den Den Town in Osaka |
 Shanghai Xtd, Osaka-Nipponbashi |
 Shanghai Xtd |
 Nipponbashi |
 Restaurant in Nipponbashi |
 Sake bottles, Osaka |
 Banqueting hall, Osaka |
 Adult nightlife near Namba Station |
 Adult nightlife near Namba Station |
 I don't know if this is adult entertainment as well |
 Osaka restaurant |
 Cyclist in Osaka |
 Statues near Namba Station |
 Osaka |
 Paper lantern |
 The Hub British Pub near Namba Station |
 Posters |
 Posters |
 A giant cat for a giant gaming hall |
 Slots in Osaka |
 ...with a Statue of Liberty |
 Arcade east of Namba Station |
 I didn't quite figure out the drum machine... |
 ...but they seemed to be having fun |
 Video drum game, Osaka |
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 Japanese heart throbs for teenage girls |
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 Namba |
 Namba |
 Namba |
 The square in front of Namba Station |
 Namba Station |
 Namba Station |
 Homeless guy in front of Namba Station |
 In a materialistic society, it takes a lot of stuff even to be homeless |
 Homeless guy's bicycle |
 Election season? |
 Namba Station |
 Namba Station |
 Mosaics at Namba Station |
 Mosaics at Namba Station |
 Mosaics at Namba Station |
 Mosaics at Namba Station |
 Mosaics at Namba Station |
 Namba Station |
 Namba Station |
 Escalators up to the Kansai Airport Express |
 Namba Station |
 German bakery Die Güte, Namba Station |
 Die Güte |
 Namba Station has a large underground shopping concourse |
 Shop below Namba Station selling kimonos and obis, traditional Japanese woman's clothing |
 Traditional kimono...very expensive |
 Japanese kimono |
 Japanese kimono |
 Japanese kimono |
 A moderatly priced kimono |
 Sake bottles, Osaka |
 Japanese crosswalk sign |
 Osaka Sewarage Science Museum |
 Umeda Sky Building Floating Garden |
 Umeda |
 Paper lantern in front of a Umeda restaurant |
 Samurai Blue 2006 - Japanese World Cup Soccer |
 Umeda |
 Umeda |
 Umeda |
 Hankyu Railway Umeda Station |
 Bicycles parked in front of Osaka Station |
 Joshin, Osaka - Nipponbashi |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi, Den-Den Town electronics shopping district |
 Sofman - Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi (Den-Den Town) |
 Ninomiya - Den-Den Town |
 Scoop Land - Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi (Den-Den Town) |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi |
 au by KDDI, Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi |
 Amateur Ham Radio Shop - Nipponbashi (Den Den Town) |
 Some items of aviation interest at the Den Den Town's Ham Radio Shop |
 Joshin - Disc Pier, Super Kids Land |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi (Den-Den Town) |
 Osaka - Nipponbashi (Den-Den Town) |
 Osaka Metro - Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Den-Den Town |
 Osaka - Den-Den Town |
 Ninomiya, Den-Den Town |
 Nipponbashi - Osaka |
 Sony Laptop in Den-Den Town, but tough to find international versions |
 Nipponbashi - Osaka, Den-Den Town |
 Osaka |
 Okonomiyaki Shop welcoming airline crew |
 Route 58, Osaka |
 Plastic food menu, Osaka |
 View from the Imperial Hotel, Osaka |
 View from the Imperial Hotel, Osaka |
 View from the Imperial Hotel, Osaka |
 Panoramic view from the Imperial Hotel, Osaka |
 View from the Osaka Hilton |
 Panoramic view from the Osaka Hilton |
 Round tower near Osaka Station |
 Near Osaka Station |
 A decent Ramen shop |
 View to the west from the Osaka Hilton |
 Plaza beneath Umeda Station |
 Wheel on top of Hankyu - Umeda |
 E-Street - Komatsubaracho |
 E-Street - Komatsubaracho/Doyamacho |
 In front of an arcade, Osaka |
 Udon Shop, Doyamacho |
 Doyamacho |
 Ale House, Osaka - Doyamacho |
 Ale House, Osaka |
 Ale House, Osaka |
 Yona Yona Real Ale - Excellent |
 Ale House, Osaka |
 The Japan Beer Times |
 Christmas hotel |
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