• A Cup of Joy

    May 18 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Today started with a big Osakan highlight: The Cup Noodle museum. After about an hour of transport, we found ourselves at the promised lands. As soon as we stepped foot inside we were handed tickets to go make our own unique cup of ramen noodles! After a short wait in line we both got an empty ramen cup full of possibilities and were sat at the table and allowed to draw on our cups for 20 or so minutes. Afterwards we chose our flavours and watched as they sealed our delicious meal, ready for a later date. After this, we walked around the rest of their museum and marveled at all of the different flavours they have produced over the years.

    Once we were done we decided it was time to visit another castle! So after another hour of transport we arrived at Osaka castle. The castle itself is a faithful recreation rebuilt in 1931. The grounds walking up to the castle (which remained mostly hidden from sight) were beautiful. After climbing some stairs and walking around some high walls we came up to the base of this incredibly imposing building. The scale definitely took us by surprise!

    After walking around the grounds for a while longer we decided to walk to a shopping street called Sennichimae Doguyasuji. The street was chock full of pots and pans and beautiful knives, all of which we wanted to buy, but we held strong... For now.

    At this point we needed a meal and a sit down so we headed back towards our hotel room, but not before first stopping at a restaurant chain which we've seen around the place called Sukiya. It specialises in Gyudon, which is basically meat, rice, and sauce (typically curry.) It was very delicious and just what we needed to recover from all our steps!

    Once done we went back to the room and Phill went down to try the hotel's Onsen, which Bec wasn't allowed in due to her tainted skin (tattoos), but once Phill donned his required robes we was able to enjoy a nice spa!

    The evening ended with a quick walk and planning of tomorrow as we're off to Universal studios!

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