Day 259: Osaka Birthday Hangs

Today was Mary’s 31st birthday and squad celebrated accordingly. We started with Kuromon Ichiba food market where we tried waygu sushi, toro (fatty tuna), Kobe beef, and octopus with an egg inside.

Laura, James, and Kieran broke off and we ventured to a cat cafe while Hannah, Catie, and Madison went shopping for Japanese knives and kitchen items! Before regrouping, cat cafe team visited Round One which is like a 7 story arcade, claw machine, entertainment venue. We played Taiko drum master, Mario, Air Hockey, and this weird punching game. We then met up with Madison’s friend from high school to see Osaka lit up at night.

Catie found an amazing bar crawl and food tour of Dontonbori street and we went to a takoyaki restaurant, a seafood restaurant, and whisky bar. We got to try jelly fish, sting ray, and puffer fish balls!!

Final activity was visiting one more karaoke bar and sing our heart out to silly songs. Thank you again friends for making this an incredible 31st birthday! Wouldn’t have wanted to spend it any other way.

Food:
Waygu
Toro
Kobe
Octopus with egg
Jelly fish
Stingray
Puffer fish

Spots:
Kuromon Ichiba Market
Round One
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