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Train heading for the Osaka Airport (KIX or Kansai Kuko or 関西国際空港) and then on to Wakayama (和歌山)
The scene on the day I left Japan for Korea last summer as I stood on the platform in the Tennoji Station in Osaka…
It doesn’t look like I will be going to Asia this year, but I will likely be spending a couple weeks in Mexico in August, my first return to Mexico in about eight years.
Osaka Castle
BAR MiDiAN (Heavy Metal Bar in Osaka, Japan)
I have been to a grand total of zero Heavy Metal bars in the USA. I have heard of a grand total of zero Heavy Metal bars in the USA. I have been to six Heavy Metal bars in Japan. I have heard of even more. These are wonderful little places, carefully decorated by their owners. They are usually hard to find so be sure to bring good directions should you ever want to try one of these hangouts.
Bar Midian is located near the Osaka and Umeda Stations. The entire neighborhood is a trip at night. If heavy metal isn’t your thing, you can probably find some crazy place catering to your thing in this neck of the woods. If you aren’t into metal, but still like rock and roll, the owner is very accommodating. Like every music bar I’ve been to in Japan, the patrons can choose the music from the owner’s extensive collection.
Here is the address:
大阪市北区堂山町10ー16ー2F
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When in Hiroshima, don’t miss Koba.
Stand and eat noodles at Shin-Imamiya Station (新今宮駅)
The morning I headed out for Koyasan from Osaka I figured I would just find some breakfast along the way. By the time I arrived at the Shinimamiya Station for the train transfer I was starving so I purchased some gyoza and ate them on the platform. They were delicious. On my way back from Koyasan I found out the same station also had the above eating possibility.
This type of eating is known as tachigui (立ち食い) (literally, standing eating), and you can do it in Japan at numerous places including the Nankai Soba (南海そば) pictured here.
Shinyodogawa (新淀川) from Umeda Sky Building (梅田スカイビル)
Osaka, Japan
Sakura Gate (桜門) leading to Osaka Castle