Osaka was once my place of residence (for a month hehe) but today I was a tourist in Osaka. We were accompanied by another Charles, this one from France. We met my Chinese friend at Tennouji and returned to DenDen town, where I purchased my electronic dictionary and my cellphone. We were supposed to change my plan to student plan so I can get discounts, but It seems that I cannot change my plan without having my alien registration card that I will only have access to in mid-Feb. Besides that I did a some impulsive shopping (very easy for me in the electronics district of Osaka). Denden town town to Osaka is what Akihabara is to Tokyo. Anime, adult libraries, video games, cameras, gadgets, cellphones... all that those sorts of items can be found at reasonable prices in that area, but with negociation and looking around the prices can be even better. We met up later that day with Haruna, a Japanese friend I met in Canada while she was also an exchange student there. Both her and my Chinese friend are Kyoto University students. We had coffee in Namba in a place called First Kithen but people in Tokyo call it "Fakkin". We then saw the famous Glico running man, one of the most popular images of Osaka (photos). We then made our way to one of the most wicked buildings I have ever seen: the sky shin-umeda building. see link. Seeing Osaka from so high up was a great way to end the night before we got back to Hirakatashi.
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