The Gig With No Beer

Travel day today - Left our nice Airbnb and made our way across town to the Tokyo Station. Wandered around the station with lots of people shopping for anime gifts and food.

Caught the Bullet Train from Tokyo to Osaka - took 2.5 hours to go 550km. Unfortunately it was quite overcast so we couldn’t see Mount Fuji. Caught up on some podcasts from Australia and ate some food from the station.

Parked the bags in a locker at the station and walked around Dontonburi and then caught the train over to Osaka Castle.

We grabbed a bite from the bakery and sat and watched the world go by.

Got our tickets and went in to watch Takanaka live at the Osaka Castle Band Shell. This was the concert series for his 50 year anniversary. He played about 20 songs and the crowd ate up every moment. They knew which songs to stand for, which ones to sit and which ones to dance. We just followed along.

The concert was a different experience than in Australia - once you got in there were no pass outs, no food and no alcohol sold at all.

You just watched the gig. 🤔

Back to the station to rescue our bags, quick food court meal ($8 for a bowl of beef and rice and potato salad - which was as good as most restaurant food in Australia) and checked into our Osaka Airbnb.

This one isn’t as nice as the last one - they provide ear plugs, which is a worry…Read more