Going to Osaka Japan next month. Where to buy leather jackets?

[Colin G]

I was looking through some photos from this trip and figured I'd post some touristy shots. I'm bored and can't travel back to Japan this year like I planned so this will have to do.

First few minutes in Osaka. Until this time the largest city I had been to is Toronto. The look on my face says it all.

 

[Robbie79]

I was looking through some photos from this trip and figured I'd post some touristy shots. I'm bored and can't travel back to Japan this year like I planned so this will have to do.

First few minutes in Osaka. Until this time the largest city I had been to is Toronto. The look on my face says it all.
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Funny pic! I also miss Japan...haven't been there for years!

 

[Colin G]

More tourist stuff. Osaka Castle which is huge. The blocks in the walls are as big as a Honda Civic.

Buddhist Temple on our way to Jelado so I can buy a jacket.

 

[Colin G]

Kuromon Market near our hotel in Osaka.

 

[Robbie79]

Kuromon Market near our hotel in Osaka.
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Man, the food!! Delicious! Only Natto is not really my favorite food....not sure if you tried it....smell like addled eggs ;-)

 

[Colin G]

Another Temple in Osaka.

 

[Colin G]

Kyoto.
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[Colin G]

More Kyoto.

 

[Blackadder]

You should consider going to Tokyo next.
I also miss Japan so much. I wanna visit the new Gundam at Yokohama next year. Keeping my fingers cross.

 

[red devil]

I will be there as soon as it opens up

 

[Colin G]

You should consider going to Tokyo next.
I also miss Japan so much. I wanna visit the new Gundam at Yokohama next year. Keeping my fingers cross.

We are planning Tokyo next then back to Kyoto since we were just there for a day trip and need to see more. I think 4 days in Tokyo and 4 in Kyoto with a day trip or two thrown in. I would go back to Osaka for a day trip as well since I really liked it there.

Hopefully next year in February 2021 we'll get to go back.

 

[Blackadder]

I would pick early January because of the food in season and the fall sale. IMO 4 days in Kyoto may be a bit too long.
Go take a look at this shop at Kyoto if you have time.
https://www.ichizawa.co.jp/en/

 

[Colin G]

Man, the food!! Delicious! Only Natto is not really my favorite food....not sure if you tried it....smell like addled eggs ;-)

I did not try that. I was focused on ramen, soba and gyoza.
I am not really an egg fan and there is egg in everything it seems. I was constantly saying "tomago no".

 

[Colin G]

I would pick early January because of the food in season and the fall sale. IMO 4 days in Kyoto may be a bit too long.
Go take a look at this shop at Kyoto if you have time.
https://www.ichizawa.co.jp/en/

Wife is a teacher and her break is February and I am back in university full time after a 20 year absence and I get a break then too. We are only able to go then since I take spring and summer classes now also.

 

[Blackadder]

I did not try that. I was focused on ramen, soba and gyoza.
I am not really an egg fan and there is egg in everything it seems. I was constantly saying "tomago no".

Natto is fermented beans. To add a taste to the rice usually for breakfast.

 

[Will Zach]

I miss Japan as all hell. I've been there yearly, except 2020 of course. I think they will open it up as soon as they can due to Olympics. One may have to show vaccination certificate to enter. No matter, I will be there as soon as they let me.

PS - natto - you can smell it before you can see it, lol.

 

[Colin G]

Natto is fermented beans. To add a taste to the rice usually for breakfast.

I did not try that although fermented things like that don't bother me. Robbie's scrambled egg reference threw me off. I also really liked fermented/pickled red mustard leaves called takana on rice. Next time I'm bringing back more than a few packs since I can't buy it where I live.

 

[Colin G]

I miss Japan as all hell. I've been there yearly, except 2020 of course. I think they will open it up as soon as they can due to Olympics. One may have to show vaccination certificate to enter. No matter, I will be there as soon as they let me.

PS - natto - you can smell it before you can see it, lol.

Stick a needle in my arm. I'm ready.

Earlier in this thread I mentioned I was ill before I left and am now certain it was Covid-19 that I had. Every symptom matched and I still can't smell anything really. Sense of smell is maybe half what it used to be, if that. My joints ached for months afterward too. I have never had a flu like that lasting 4 - 5 weeks. The 2nd and 3rd weeks were the shits. The first week was a build up then the last 2 weeks of fatigue and a lingering fever.

 

[roadking04]

Thanks for the pics Colin G. What a magnificent place. I hope to visit Japan before I die. I would love to experience the culture. What a place.

Glad to hear you survived covid. I can't wait for this crap to be over.

 

[Cornelius]

Nice photos, really make me want to watch Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil" for the... 47th time?