Osaka and Nara
November 25th 2006 Writing from the hostel in Osaka, where the keyboard is bilingual and refuses to space or punctuate, so apologies in advance. This has gotta be one of the odder hostels I've stayed in - OCD neat and with many rules eg. you have to be in by 11pm, bathing between such and such time etc. Quite a wide demographic of boarders here, from gaijin tourists (like myself) to little old obaa-sans. Everyo
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