Osaka

The bus ride was pretty tiring. It was about 6 hours. We got there at 5 am and wandered around until Macdonald's opened. We had a heart stopping breakfast there then went to the hotel. We managed to check into the hotel at 9 am. I went to get the money from the machine but my card wouldn't work So I called my bank and had it fixed. After we took a nap at the hotel. After a nice nap we wandered around and visited the castle and a nearby shrine. It was great. The castle had beautiful gardens, stall vendors and there were some nice exhibits in the museum there too. I was very impressed. We walked back to the hotel and bought some very tasty dried strawberries and pineapples. Then it was time to get some bentos and then sleep!
This morning we went to the second shrine and the gardens next to it, sumiyoshitaisha. It was a very nice shrine, probably the nicest I've seen in Japan yet! Then we went to Namba park, a shopping center with a cool park on top. Also a very nice place and an impressive design like a canyon. After we went and walked around the famous shinsaibashi shopping and a few nearby streets. There are many Golden week sales so we did quite a bit of window shopping but not much buying. We didn't get to go to the electronics street, Donburi, but that will hopefully be for tomorrow evening!