What does one do on a rainy day in Osaka? Hint: It involves fish. And food.
Fortunately, Osaka boasts of one of the world’s largest aquariums that highlights aquatic animals of the Pacific Rim. Starting with Japanese rivers and forests, the path through the aquarium showcases some 600 fish, mammals, crustaceans and jellyfish that live in the Aleutian Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of Panama, Ecuadorean rain forest, Antarctica, Tasman Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Pacific Ocean, and Seto Inland Sea, which also happens to be where we travel tomorrow. The highlight of them all are the huge Whale Sharks.
As for food, we started the day with fluffy pancakes, followed by noodle bowls for lunch. In the afternoon, we went shopping on a covered street, bought some very nice clothes. We also stopped for a “cake set” — your choice of cake or another dessert and coffee or tea.
I chose strawberry sponge cake and coffee. I love that they serve it on fancy china, even in the department store shop. Japan is so absolutely civilized.
Dinner was Vietnamese salad bowl for me, and udon for Hannah.
PS I also finally bought another carry-on bag for all my purchases because, you know, rain.
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