Osaka 12/26 afternoon and evening..

After Nara, I took a train to Osaka. It was about an hour to get there. Nara is also about an hour from Kyoto. I saw the aquarium and had some dinner near the hitachi tower. Unfortunately many hours later I got nasty food poisoning. Hence why there has been no updates from the blog for a few days. Im fine now..
Osaka aquarium is by the sea port, with a large Ferris Wheel next to it. Its about 500 ft tall. Theres a large tourist trap shopping center attached between the Wheel and Aquarium..

Osaka aquarium. A little pricey but worth it. The Whale Shark is cool. A little smaller than I expected. It wasnt fully grown. Full specimens grow to about 40 feet. This one was a little over 20. Some great other sharks and mantas here. Nice selection of Jelly Fish too. Penguins were being shown at the entrance of the aquarium..

Osaka at nite. I ate at the Izakaya and had a taste of blowfish sashimi at Zuboraya. One of these places got me sick. I think the Izakaya with the fried food did me. Apparently blowfish poisoning involves paralyizing of the body.. I just had run of the mill nausea that nite. But I felt like crap the next day. I still managed to go to Himeji Castle.. I wish the Japanese guide books had a sentence in phoenetic of " I have food poisoning, I need some medicine". My poor command of japanese and my body gesturing can only take me so far..


Inside one page of blowish menu

Menu cover of Blowfish centric restaurant