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圖文英文版：
http://tinyurl.com/k2ly75o
（sorry 依舊是英文 :P)
行程：天守閣 --> 大阪港坐船 --> 海遊館 --> 天保山摩天輪
We started the day by heading towards 大阪城 (Osaka Castle).
The Museum of History is right next to the castle, and so is
this Osaka police headquarters (in fact, it sits on top of
part of Osaka Castle's ruins). This building looks 100% badass.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8734.jpg
I wonder if any Japanese drama is based on Osaka police....
A quick search on google says no. Most police dramas are based
on Tokyo police. They should make one! Maybe Osaka doesn't have
enough sick criminals to make police work interesting.
The most important building in the Osaka Castle is 天守閣 (Tenshukaku).
Originally built by 豐臣秀吉 (Toyotomi Hideyoshi), Tenshukaku
was burned down after Japan was taken over by 徳川家康 (Tokugawa
Ieyasu), who then built the new Tenshukaku above older grounds
and adjacent to the old site.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8746.jpg
Inside Tenshukaku are exhibits detailing the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
sually such history tours bore me, but not this time! In fact,
Tenshukaku's exhibit is amazing! Particularly when they used a
series of holograms to depict various events in Hideyoshi's life.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8756.jpg
I couldn't stop watching the holograms from one to the next. I used
to have little interest in 戦国時代 (Sengoku period) and was more
into the Meiji revolution (because I liked 新撰組/Shinsengumi, haha).
Despite knowing names like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 伊達政宗 (Date Masamune),
織田信長 (Oda Nobunaga), I never knew the relationship between them:
Hideyoshi originally served Nobunaga, and after the famous Honnoji
incident (本能寺の変) where Nobunaga was killed, Hideyoshi came to power;
he was able to surpress Tokugawa Ieyasu in his life time, and only
after his death did Tokugawa become Shogun. Hideyoshi appears to
be quite a charismatic person: he learned No (a form of ancient
Japanese theatrical art) while his troops invaded Korea; he dressed
up as a watermelon vendor once to entertain himself and his generals;
he would make tea for his guests. He set up consensus and unified
the tax system. He supported buddhism and in a few cases persecuted
Christians. He definitely laid the foundations for the Edo period,
so even though the current Tenshukaku is built by Tokugawa, the
entire exhibit is dedicated to Hideyoshi. Even my mom enjoyed the
exhibit and was curious to know more about this part of Japan's
history. That just means... a lot of dramas to watch!
At a brief snack outside Tenshukaku, a sparrow came to share our sushi:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8769.jpg
I know we shouldn't feed him. But he kind of decided on his own
to jump on the sushi even when I was holding it in my hands,
and he's really cute.
Our next stop was Osaka harbour. I managed to find a vegetarian
buffet here. This is something close to a miracle.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/20130709_125426.jpg
The Osaka harbour has a beautiful ferris wheel that we decided to
ride in the evening instead.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8774.jpg
Our 1-day package included a free ride around the harbour, so we did
that. It was 2PM in the afternoon and burning hot. The boat was
decorated after Columbus' Santa Maria, which looks absurd. The view
around the harbour was hardly interesting.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8785.jpg
After overheating in the sun, we took shelter in a nearby cafe
while I read this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/20130709_154309.jpg
ViVi is becoming too young for me. Oh how time passes....
At 5PM, we entered the Kaiyukan （海遊館). This is seriously the BEST
aquarium I've been to in a long time. It was so amazing how they set
up these huge tanks where you can observe sealife from the top (shore)
to the bottom and in between. They set it up so you switch between
different habitats. One moment you're in Monterey Bay watching harbour
seals (the least foreign sea mammal to me), then you're in the Artic
staring at super cute emperor penguins.
On one level you see the penguins in the usual manner:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8833.jpg
And a few levels down you find the same penguins diving down below:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8867.jpg
Most spectacular is the giant tank with massive rays and whale sharks:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8850.jpg
I never got tired of looking at this tank no matter how many levels
I went down with it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8861.jpg
I felt like I learned something on this visit, or at least I was
reminded on how much nature is awesome at producing all these wonderfully
diverse creatures.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8879.jpg
Everybody around me, kids and adults alike, loved every marine life
they saw and was curious to learn about them. There's often a brief
yet interesting description about the habitat in both English and
Japanese by each tank.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8880.jpg
But this...this is the final thing that settled this becoming the
highlight on my trip today.
THEY LET YOU TOUCH THE FISH!THEY LET YOU TOUCH THE FISH!THEY LET YOU TOUCH THE FISH!THEY LET YOU TOUCH THE FISH! OMGGGGGGGGG!
I got to touch the stingrays!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8897.jpg
And the tiny sharks!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8901.jpg
That's it. I have no more regrets in life...today.
When we came out, it was sunset. The harbour was beautiful.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8906.jpg
And guess what's for dinner? Steamed buns! I found through tabelog that
in the shopping center next to Kaiyukan, there's a store called 花花 that
sells buns made into the shape of ----
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/20130709_191103.jpg
やああああああああああああああ >/////< !!!!! So cute!
The piggy one is pork. The panda one is red bean bun.
After feeding myself full, we went on the ferris wheel (also free with
our 1-day package) to enjoy a bit of the city at night:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47842021/2013%20Japan/IMG_8932.jpg
Then it's back to the train station and a quick ride home :)
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