Osaka shopping 🛍️ - Day 2

Today was a more chill day. Two of our friends were travelling elsewhere in Osaka so the rest of us decided to do something else. The weather was pretty cloudy and rainy so we decided to stay indoors and find a shopping mall to explore. 🛍️
We found ourselves at the Umeda-Osaka shopping centre. Near this mall, there was another shopping mall with a giant Ferris wheel on top and you could even ride it! We didn’t do that but I wish I could’ve checked it out at least. 🥲
We hadn’t really had breakfast (other than Starbucks and a bun) and it was nearly lunchtime so we decided to get something hardy for lunch. We decided on udon noodles! Although it was a bit salty, it was probably one of the best udon noodles I’ve ever had! 🍜
As we were making our way through the underground path that connects all the malls, we stumbled upon a brightly lit department store! But this department store only sold foods! It was full of different stalls of foods! Different breads, desserts, bento boxes, sushi, fresh sashimi etc! I loved it there! 😍 My friend got a matcha latte there! It was delicious! 😋
We went to a different mall with multiple little shops inside the 10 level mall! 😁 we saw a Muji section (which sold things cheaper than Canada), there was also a whole floor of just stationary items! My friends and I spotted some cute themed merch shops, like the Totoro one and Moomin! Everything was pretty expensive but all so cute! 🥰
We left the mall and kept walking, then we found a Don Quiote! Don Quiote in Japan is like a huge discount store that everyone talks about when visiting the country! It was definitely very overwhelming as they kind of throw random items everywhere with so many colours and signs! 😂 There are a few things I do want to buy here so I’ll wait till I visit the Tokyo one, as there is one known as a mega Don Quiote!
Before we left this shopping area, we decided to go back to the food department store to pick up this famous cheesecake to bring back to the hotel and share amongst all of us! It was very delicious, much better than the Uncle Tetsu cheesecakes in Toronto! 🤤 We also brought back pudding as some of the girls were also craving this!
We took the subway back to our hotel area and decided to get Gyukatsu (fried pork) for dinner, where they par-fry it and give you your own little grill to cook your meat more! 🥩
We met up with Farheen and Maya back at the hotel and they caught us up on their exciting day in Hiroshima. They also brought back cute maple desserts for us as well! 🥰
Another fun and food-filled day done! 💕Read more