Long time no blog! Sorry, but lately I've been updating my Norwegian blog more. T__T However, I am going to start updating this blog more from now on!
So many wonderful things have happened since last time I blogged~
In my autumn vacation, I went to Osaka, Japan. I have only traveled around the Tokyo area before, so I was very interested in seeing how Osaka was! And I've long wanted to see Osaka and Kyoto!
When I got there, I met Yuto, whom I've known for a year. And we spent most of the time of my stay together. ^__^
He showed me so much of Osaka and Kyoto in the days I was there, I was really happy! He's just amazing~
I will now attempt to blog about my 9 days in Japan all in one post. It will be long and picture heavy. :D
I took a lot of pictures, however, my travelling adapter didn't work, so I could not charge my PC or my camera, so the picture-taking was somewhat limited.
I'll start with the picture spam now!! lol get ready.
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| Me at Peking Airport, where I was waiting for 6 straight hours for the plane for Osaka. It was pretty boring after a while, though it was very beautiful there. I'm pretty sure I know all of the shops that are in there by now. |
It felt so good to be back in Japan!! And even though I travelled all alone this time, I didn't feel helpless or anything. Everything went smoothly, I just struggled a little bit with finding my hotel, but after asking a kind Family Mart shop staff, I was able to find it~ And of course, Yuto helped me a lot while I was there. Thanks to him, I was able to have a fantastic experience of Osaka!! :D
On the first day Yuto showed me around in the Umeda and Namba area :D
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| The first thing me and Yuto did after meeting, was going into the ferris wheel in HEP Five~ It was really cool! I have never ridden in a ferris wheel before! |
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| Our dinner the first day: Chicken katsu kare <3 |
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| We saw the Dotonburi crab in Namba! |
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| A cool frog statue in Namba~ |
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| In the evening we went into the Umeda tall building, which is kind of like Osaka's version of Tokyo Tower. The view was amazing, and the light effects at the rooftop were really cool! |
On the second day we went to the Nissin Instant Noodle Museum!! It was really interesting~
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| This is the cup noodles I made in the Noodle factory at Nissin Noodle Museum~ |
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| We decorated the cups ourselves... |
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| I wrote "Lena and Yuto" in Japanese on mine, and Yuto wrote it in Norwegian on his~ :D It was fun to see how it all was made, and we got to choose our own ingredients! |
On Oct. 6th, I went to USJ together with Yuto~!!!! We had so much fun and we went into A LOT of attractions , I have never taken that many rollercoasters or rides. It was totally amazing! And the weather was perfect!!
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| The whole place was decorated for Halloween, so there was Halloween-songs played in the streets~ They even played "Halloween" by the Norwegian/Danish 90's group AQUA! I grew up with their music, it was so cool to hear their song in Japan!! XD |
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| We saw handprints of Eiji Wentz and Teppei Koike~ There were handprints from a lot of various artists, Bigbang and Choshinsei were there too! :D |
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| USJ- Lunch: Pumpkin chicken sandwich and Elso-cream puff. It was delicious! |
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| Magical Starlight Parade - A parade with lots of lights - marked the end of our day at USJ. It was a wonderful day! |
On Oct. 8th me and Yuto went to Kyoto!!
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| The beautiful river in Kyoto~ |
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| Fantastic looking desserts and omuraisu in a restaurant window in Kyoto. |
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| Me as Maiko-san. lol XD |
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| We had omuraisu in Kyoto ^___^ |
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| And we walked around in the shopping streets. There were a lot of intersting shops! And a lot of Swedish people, I could understand what they were saying as we walked by them. XD |
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| There was a crab in Kyoto too!! :D |
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| We had Ninja crepes with green tea~ It was so deliciousssss |
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| We went to Kiyomizu temple~ It was the first time I went to a temple, and even though it was already dark when we got there, I was amazed to see it! :D |
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| The beautiful night view of Kyoto taken from Kiyomizu temple~ |
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| Kyoto Tower in front of Kyoto JR Station ^_^ |
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| Gyuudon at Sukiya. Such a nostalgic meal for me, since I used to eat Sukiya's gyuudon a lot last time I was in Japan. |
The last day in Osaka was a very calm and nice one. We went to Osaka Castle and just walked around talking and rested in the sunny weather.
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| This bicycle seems to have been standing there for quite some time... And the plants had taken over it. It was kind of funny. :P |
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| The bridge to Osaka Castle. The sign says something like "The bridge to Heaven" :) |
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| Osaka Castle~ It was very beautiful! |
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| We discoverfed a parrot outside of the castle~ |
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| After Osaka Castle, we went into the Pokemon Centre in Osaka station XD It was cool! |
I had so much fun and so many beautiful memories on this trip! All thanks to Yuto. It was sad to say goodbye that day, but I was truly happy for the time we had spent together~ (And actually, we are more than just good friends~♥)
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| The Osaka sun, on the morning of my return to Norway. This picture was taken on the train on my way to Kansai Airport. |
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| Japan from the air~ |
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| Plane food. I got Dove chocolate. I love it XD It made my plane ride a little more happy. lol |
Here are some more pictures of things I bought! XD
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| Cookie Monster from USJ~ |
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| Rilakkuma pencil case from Village Vanguard |
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| I discovered something amazing - Matcha green tea LATTE. OMG it's my new favorite latte. |
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| Japanese anmitsu dessert at Fujiya in Shinsaibashi~ I had missed it! |
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I also bought the November issue of Popteen :D
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| Rilakkuma pillow from a Tax Free shop in Kansai Airport |
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| Leopard print handbag from a shop in Kyoto~ |
This was an amazing trip, and I'm so glad I chose to go to Osaka! I will never forget it~ And I'm looking forward to go back!!!
