Osaka to me baby..

... sorry about the title... I know ... I couldnt think of anything else. Leave alternative Suggestions via the comments please.

Anyway so caught the train from Kyoto with my bud Elgon and made my way to Namba station. Ended up staying in a rather plush hotel which had a TV and Radio which played BBC World Service.. superb!

Oh btw the Winter Olympics has started and its been great so far... looking forward to seeing how Canadian get on in the Ice Hockey .. go Canada!!!

Osaka is a pretty big city, actually its the 2nd largest city and I stayed in Minami, which I didnt realise but is the place to be. There arent too many sites to see really the biggest attraction apart from Universal Studios Japan is Osaka-Jo. Osaka-Jo is a castle and actually attracts more visitors than anyother castle in Japan (what a great stat!).

Basically in Osaka, I went to see the castle, tried out the amazing healthy Japanese pizza called Okinomiyaki which has a base made from lettuce, cabbage and welsh onion (yep Gareth, Welsh Onion!) with cheese and various veg. You can choose a large number of toppings including various meats, noodles, eggs.... etc. Anyway the main thing is that it tastes good and is healthy than pizza from Pizza Hut!

I also went to the first British Style pub and had fish and chips... didnt set the world alight but met some really sound Japanese peeps and after exchanging a few musical recommendations they bought me an authentic sushi plate, which was amazing... thanks Youki and friends.

Anyway I also had my first Smack Donalds.. I did pretty well, 2 months - but in my defense I needed breakfast and everywhere was closed until 9:00.

Anyway enough from me here are some pics.
The two lads are a couple of comedians who asked me to get involved with a comedy sketch where I had to slap the guy on the left and say something like Nana-Da, the joke was probably on me.... very Laurel and Hardy!