We traveled from Kyoto to Osaka late in the morning, taking another fast train. It was about a 40 minute trip. One thing I noticed on our travels from Tokyo to Kyoto to Osaka is that there was very little undeveloped land. It was almost like the three cities had grown and merged into one giant megalopolis. Which is incredible to think about. Tokyo itself is the one of largest metropolitan areas in the world with close to 15 million people. Kyoto has 1.5 million people and Osaka’s metropolitan area includes about 19 million people. That’s a lot of people.
We arrived too early to check into our Airbnb so we stowed our bags in lockers at the train station and headed towards the shopping district.
This area seemed newer and even more built up than downtown Tokyo.
We were on a quest for an “exploding omlete”. Shelby and Kenzie had seen an ad for one and we thought we’d found a restaurant in Osaka, but alas, it was a rice filled omelet. Still really yummy.
It wasn’t quite what we were looking for. It didn’t have the runny interior and the rice tasted more like Spanish rice. Oh well.
We did stumble on a delicious waffle shop!
We were also on a quest for a certain cheesecake. This one was good but too eggy.
We made a stop at Starbucks to buy some “Japan” mugs.
That’s a lot of Pokémon stickers!
Then we headed to the Airbnb. And by this time we were pooped and decided to call it a day.
This is a great idea! And of course some ignorant dude lined up here for the next train. 🙄
One more day in Osaka tomorrow and then a loooong day of travel home after that.