Day 13: Osaka

みなさん、こんにちは！

Hello, everyone!

日本旅行の13日目は日帰りで大阪へ！

On the 13th day of Japan Trip, we went on a day trip to Osaka!

京都を朝でて１時間くらいで着きました。大阪は日本第二の都市とはいえ大都会。慣れない土地の電車の乗り換えはいつも大変です。なんとかして道頓堀までたどり着いたので、まずはスタバで休憩することに。ちなみに、そこでトイレを借りる時はレシートが必要でした。ここ重要ですよ！

It took us approx. 1 hour to get there from Kyoto. It’s “the second largest” city in Japan, but it was a proper metropolitan city. It’s always a hassle to use transportation in unfamiliar places. We managed to get to Dotonbori, so we had a break in Starbucks. FYI, you need your receipt when you want to use the toilet! This is important!

かの有名な「かに道楽」やグリコの看板を眺めて、私はあ〜大阪だ〜！と思うんですが、スペインの家族は？？だったので、これは有名な大阪名物なんだよ！と説明しなければいけませんでした。そういえば去年外国人の友達を連れてきたときもあまりパッとしないようで、確かに日本人以外には特にアイコニックなものという認識はないよなと思いました・・・

Looking at the iconic advert of Glico and the huge crab of Kani Doraku, I was enjoying the very Osaka atmosphere. On the other hand, my Spanish family was like ?? so I had to explain, like this is what Osaka is famous for! :D It’s true that when I brought my Spanish friends last year, it didn’t ring a bell for them either… The view is not really recognised by foreign tourists as an iconic thing.

歩き回ること１〜２時間。熱すぎて、まだお昼くらいだったのにバテてきた私達。これは涼しいところに行かないと熱中症になる！と思い高島屋へ逃げ込みました。デパート内をうろうろして涼んで、お昼時だったので大阪名物お好み焼きを食べて大阪気分を満喫しました。

Though we just walked around outside for a couple of hours, it was still 1pm or so and we had consumed a lot of energy. Looking for a cooler place to have a break, we went to Takashimaya (a department store). They offer a lot of good stuff as one of the biggest department stores in Japan, and a huge restaurant area that goes on like three stories. We enjoyed a typical Osaka dish called Okonomiyaki in one of their restaurants.

結構お腹がいっぱいになったので、絶対試すといっていたたこ焼きは断念。高島屋のすぐそばにある無印でお買い物をした後京都へ帰りました。

The dishes filled our stomach (some of us couldn’t even finish all), but we had to give up on having Osaka street food called Takoyaki. There was a big MUJI just near Takashimaya, so we went shopping and headed back to Kyoto.

夏の大阪は、昼とっても暑いので、午後から行動して夜ご飯まで食べて帰るというのがベストだったな〜というのが今回の感想です。とくに、日が沈んでからは建物がより色鮮やかになって人も多くなって活気の良い大阪らしさが見られると思うので。

It is cruelly hot in Osaka during summer, so personally, it would have been best to start a day in the afternoon, have dinner there and come back. After sunsets, the city gets even more glittery with full of neons and louder with more people, which make the typical Osaka.

（下の写真は去年のものです）

(The photos below were taken last year)

次回はついに京都を出て九州へ！

お楽しみに！

The next day we moved to Kyushu!

Stay tuned!

つづく

To be continued

れ

R