At the breakfast table...

A brief introduction to The Osaka Castle... I tried my very best to squeeze all the words into one picture. Hope you guys still can read the words.. keke.

The walkway entrance to the castle. Too bad for the fact that it was drizzling. I didnt take any pictures under the rain.. Cos I didnt want my hair to get wet! And it kinda dampens my mood in a way...

After much failed attempts of trying to converse in Japanese-English-Mandarin and mislead-ed hand signs (Haa!!), I figured that this was something like you have to do before going into the castle as a form of respect.. Er, pardon me if I'm wrong.. :p

Okie, at least they had this in English writing. So it's a well called Ogonsui (Golden Water) which was also the most important castle well.

So I made my wish... And hope that it will come true... =)

Some of the displays and miniatures within the castle. Actually, I was rather disappointed wif the tour la. I thought it would be something very traditional inside, like what you see in the Forbidden City, where they still retain the remains and essence of everything. Not that I have been to Forbidden City la, but I have seen the pictures my parents took when they went ma.

But here in Osaka, it was more like a museum to me. Which didnt really get my attention and interest.. =(

We decided to head down towards town via a scenic cruise. Again, (disappointingly) the broadcast was all in Japanese language lorrr.

We walked around downtown before Jimmy caught sight of this bright red ferris wheel. It got me kinda excited that I forgot abt my fear of heights. =x

Ya la. I regretted going up the ride. I kept hanging on to the handle, and kept insisting Jimmy not to shake the cabin at all. So basically, we were sitting still on the cabin, cos I didnt want it to shake!!

A view from atop the ferris wheel. *feels the jitters in my stomach...*

As if it were not enough, he still suggested going to this Floating Garden Observatory, supposedly the highest building around in Osaka? Again, it was deduced from the failed attempts of Japanese-English-Mandarin conversation we had wif the locals la. Not sure if we understood them correctly..

While waiting for the sunset, I sat by the table - deep in thoughts...

When the night fell, we went up to the observatory deck. Boy, wasnt it cold. But nice view from the top though.

Look at how pretty the floor is! Just love the colour combi of it. It also took us quite a few attempts to figure out how our cameras were able to capture the lighting of it.