Thursday, June 13
So once I had gotten my room all situated, we had agreed that we would try to get some dinner. The main train stations in Japan are like malls and have tons and tons of food choices, stores, and small shops. Our hotel was very close to the JR Osaka City station, which is one of two main stations in Osaka, so we walked back to the first strip of places and figured we'd be able to get some food. Since we were very late getting in to the hotel, we didn't realize that all the restaurants pretty much close at 10 pm ( or I should say 22:00 - they use military time in Japan ). By time we started looking, everything was closing or already closed - so we had some pretty slim pickings. We managed to get into a noodle place that was willing to still serve us, so I got my first taste of real Japanese food. It was basically a type of flavored udon noodles and I added shrimp to the top. It was good but there really wasn't much to it and the shrimp (yep, only one) was tempura fried and a little greasy - so my first impression wasn't amazing. It was pretty inexpensive though, about $8. Now that my belly was full, it was time to head back to the hotel and get some sleep. We were planning on leaving at 9:00 am the next morning to head over to Nara and do some sightseeing.
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