Bowling, Big Fish, and Burning My Mouth on Takoyaki

Just before the first strike of a perfect game

Takoyaki are little whole octopuses fried in batter, they are hotter than the sun and will destroy your soft palate

Osaka is bright, busy, and loud. There’s nice street food everywhere and cyclists flying around on the pavement trying to murder you

But we did find some nice quiet places to eat and drink. If you find somewhere selling yuzu pepper you should probably buy some

ALL YOU CAN EAT skewers for 70 minutes. All you have to do is batter, breadcrumb, and deep fry them at your table

The Osaka aquarium was the biggest in the world when they built it and it has this totally alive seal

And a gigantic baby penguin (right)

And a giant tank with so many fish in including this ocean sunfish (my favourite)

And the garden eels which got depressed during the pandemic

And two whale sharks

And a giant Ferris wheel which Niamh bravely went up in

The hotel breakfast was one of the weirdest meals I’ve eaten, the mashed potato was squeezed out of a bag

I got a self-heating eki-bento for our train journey to kinosakionsen, it was disappointingly lukewarm

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