Today our bus was leaving at 5.40am. We said good bye to some of our friends as they weren't coming to Japan with us.
We left on our flight to Osaka at 8.35am. Osaka is one of the oldest cities in Japan. The plane flight was only for 2-1/2 hours and it is cold on the plane and we haven't much room.
We were met by our Japan guide Ayumi (are-u-me). We had our lunch after a short flight and it was 1718kms from Taipei to Osaka. Japan is 1 hour behind Taipei.
Le and Lien sat in Business Class. Nice if you have the money!!!!
The cherry blossoms in Japan are just magnificent. Apparently, they were out about a fortnight ago and they must have been something because they are beautiful right now.
We went to Todaiji Temple today. We feed the deer and if you didn't give them their biscuits they would search you for them.
We saw the largest inside Buddha in the world. It was quite an impressive temple. There were lots of school children there and they were all dressed in uniform and looked gorgeou
s. They were from kindergarten and some were High School. There were heaps of cherry blossoms and the park lands were kept lovely.We went shopping before our tea into the Shinsaibasi district in Osaka. They have arcades of fashion houses and specialty shops. It even has a Dimariu (same as in Melbourne) shopping store. It has stoned pave walks and as it was still raining we headed back to the bus.
Came on to our hotel, the Rihga Royal Hotel in Osaka where we had 2 3/4 beds. Yippee!!
We had tea consisting of sushi and sashimi and other delicious tastes.
We fell into bed and never moved until the early morning call woke us at 7 but somebody still snored most of the night!!!!
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