7:30pm and I was on a train in Osaka watching an atmospheric buzz of Kimono clad Japanese, while on route to a fireworks display, wondering how only three hours in Osaka could possibly have been so awesome! I arrived at Shin-Osaka station around 3:20, Oh sorry 3:21 Shinkansen time :-), in usual style I quickly made my way from Shin-Osaka, through the mayhem that is Osaka station and onwards to Fukushima (where I was booked to stay for the night) I checking in, dropped my bags all with a total turn-around time of 1hour 10 minutes, I’m learning how to optimise time! Subway map in hand I headed for my first Oh wow experience in Osaka, the Aquarium. I think if you had seen me walking around the aquarium you would have thought I was 8
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