From some Mastodon toots I wrote a few days ago...
Open Street Map What’s not to love about this?
So many people coming together to create Open Street Map. An app that allows me to download these maps and use them offline. The sheer number of restaurants. And out there it feels like about ten times more: isakayas one multiple levels of these buildings, both below ground and in the upper levels. There is ground level, the underground shopping and eateries, a motorway a bit further up, railways crossing, subways crossing. I love Asian mega cities.
The sad part is being alone in a mega city. Once you have eaten dinner, what are you going to do? Drink by yourself? I end up in my hotel room after a walk, ready for teeth brushing, shower, and one on one time with the laptop. And that feels weird. As is usual for me, by the third week I’m starting to miss my most favorite person in the world.
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I was in a shop that sold Dreamcast games and controllers, and more. I saw Sega Saturn, PC Engine, old Gameboy cartridges, and that was just the first floor. I also saw old pictures of retainers Nd townspeople looking like frogs, fish, octopuses, cats, sparrows, and household items.
Also, my feet are as flat as can be and it isn’t even 15:00 yet.
Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum was small and nice. The Osaka Museum of Art with its special exhibition from April 17 to October 6 on funny people and animal people was nice. The permanent collection was small. The Osaka Museum of History was nice because of all the models and the emphasis on the archaeology itself. The Shitennō-ji was not impressive. Other temples in Nara and Kyoto were better. Too bad I missed the gardens.
I loved the market streets. The area where they sell lots of Kimchi south of Tsuruhashi. The area around Nippombashi and south into Den-Den town. I loved it all. I wish I had the time (and friends with shared interests) to see Bunraku and all the other performances. But I didn’t see any of that and I feel like I missed something. I wish I had an empty apartment and I could buy more cups and bowls and tea pots and lacquer ware. But I bought nothing.
Tomorrow I’m going back.
#Japan
