大阪観光の魅力
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Is there anything else that you're trying to do in Osaka?
It's just full banppaku?
Yeah, just banppaku, then a little bit of Osaka-ing, but are there not much to do in
Osaka?
Yeah, mainly like eat, drink.
Other than those, other than eating and drinking, what do you do in Osaka?
It's just drink and eat city, 食い倒れの町 is what it's called.
You eat and just 倒れる.
I see, I see.
It's not like Kyoto where you have lots of historical places to go and watch and beautiful
landscapes and all that stuff.
I do want to do that in Osaka, though, but I can't find anything.
Maybe to Dengaku?
You know the tower?
Yes, I think I know.
Or like Umeda Sky Building.
Okay.
That's like the highest.
Oh, Abeno Harukas.
Abeno Harukas is probably the highest one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Or those places if you want to.
Got it.
Or Kaiyukan, that's an aquarium.
Aquarium, yeah.
Or you have Kuromon Ichiba, that's like market street.
I'm not sure if it's like worth to visit, but it's kind of traditional and it's local
kind of.
I see.
新世界と動物園
What about Shinsekai?
Oh, yeah.
Is that good?
It's Shinsekai that you have your Tsutenkaku, and you have like a zoo.
You have a zoo in there?
Yeah.
Sure.
Yeah.
Are you talking about Ojiisans or are you talking about just actual zoos?
What do you mean?
Was that a metaphor?
Are you talking about Ojiisans drinking out in the street?
No, no, no.
Are you talking about that?
Well, yeah, they have that too.
That's a different type of zoo.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
They have two types of zoo.
You're talking about the actual Abeno?
Yeah, they have the actual zoo.
Oh, they have a zoo in there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
But the main zoo is like you have like drinking places, like little narrow, you know, kushikatsu,
old, you know, dirty but good places, and they are like drinking and drunk people from
10 a.m., you know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's what I hear.
That's what I hear.
Yeah.
レトロな楽しみ
And you have like retro, like gaming, you know, places.
Right.
That's what I hear.
So, you know, like those, you can enjoy that, like, you know.
What, is it good?
Have you been there?
Yeah.
Okay.
Um, well, yeah.
Yeah?
Just strolling around and I'm not kind of gaming or like, you know, those type of guys, so
I didn't just enjoy the people, you know.
Yeah, doing.
Yeah, yeah.
Doing, okay.
And just had, like, okonomiyaki, kushikatsu, things like that.
Okay.
And just, yeah.
That's, yeah.
飲み食い以外の活動
So, really, there's not much to do if you're not hungry.
If you're not hungry, you can.
You know, I don't drink alcohol.
Yeah, if you don't drink, there's really not much to do.
Yeah, I mean, you eat.
Right.
You walk.
You eat.
Yeah.
You walk again, get hungry.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
Yeah, I think so.
Might as well go to Nara and meet the deers.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
Or maybe just go to Kyoto.
Go to Kyoto, right?
Yeah, and just, um.
I wonder what's up with the over-tourism.
Yeah.
Do you think it's a disaster out there?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
One of my friends went to Kyoto a week ago, in a weekday.
Yeah.
And said there were, like, zero Japanese people on a street.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Really?
Like, a hundred percent, like, foreigners on the streets.
Really?
So, places like, like, Kiyomizu-dera?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All those, like, main…
Yeah.
Like, Ninenzaka-san is, like, in Kiyomizu area.
Oh, shit.
And so, like…
Is that true?
Is it?
Is it Japan?
Or, like…
Wow.
That's so weird.
Wow.
Zero.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow.
I see.
So, well, it could be a good experience to see what's going on there.
Yeah.
That's true.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
It's crazy.
It's crazy.
It's crazy.
I see.
Or shopping, maybe, in Osaka.
Okay.
If you have a typical thing that you want to buy.
Yeah, like, I mean, I, yeah, I do.
Any good deals on there?
You have the big Denki-ya-san.
Like what?
Like Yodobashi or something?
Yeah.
Oh, I see.
I see.
See, the thing is, it overlaps with Tokyo a lot, you know?
Yeah.
Right?
We have Akihabara.
Yes, yes.
It's true.
Big Yodobashi, right?
Yeah.
Right.
Like, I know there are many interesting, funny, good restaurants or izakayas as an experiences, you know?
But if you're not hungry, like, it's, you know.
I see.
There are not many things to do, I guess.
Okay.
Got it.
Or if you don't drink.
観光名所の混雑
What about beautiful city?
Oh, wait, you have Osaka-jo.
Okay.
That's Kyoto-like, you know?
It's like, it's where...
Nijo-jo?
Like, you know, historical.
Well, yes.
It's highly touristy.
Yeah.
It's more like, it's big.
It's like, yeah.
Not exactly the same, but it has the vibe of Kokyo.
Ah, okay.
It's kind of, it's a park.
Okay, I see.
Yeah, and you can enter to the castle and you can go up.
Got it.
I see, I see.
And you will see some characters.
大阪の観光スポット
Oh, great.
Osaka-jo characters?
Yeah, yeah.
I see.
They perform things.
Oh, they...
Yeah.
Wow, that's more entertaining than I imagined.
I see, okay.
It's not something like the temples in Kyoto where you enter and just enjoy.
It's quiet.
Yeah, it's not something like that.
Zen.
It's not Zen.
They have, like, stores, like, kitchen cars and...
It's a parade.
Yeah, characters, like, singing, dancing, kind of.
I see, I see.
They have, like, some kind of Sentai dungeons.
Oh, okay.
Very entertaining.
Very Osaka.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see, I see.
Yeah.
That's fun.
Yeah.
I guess that's fun.
Yeah.
I'm looking for places like, for example, let's say, like, a little bit of a...
Places like, maybe Odaiba, where there's, like, the bay.
Oh.
It's, like, chill.
Or, like, I don't know, maybe places like, I don't know, Omotesando, where it's a little
bit quieter.
Well, it's not quiet, but, like, you know, it's more...
I see.
Or maybe, like, like, Toyosu, where we have the ocean.
Okay.
Right?
It's fun to walk.
It's beautiful.
Yeah.
So, those, like, the bay side, Yumeshima.
I see.
That's, like, the same, you know.
Oh, Yumeshima was the vibe.
It's, like, Umetatechi, and you have oceans.
It's, like, say, be organized.
I see.
Like, very newly, like, made as a city, you know.
But it's not the same, you know.
It's...
Right.
You have the Banpaku there.
Yeah.
I see.
Or, like, for those Omotesando-ish places, I've heard Horie.
Horie?
Yeah.
That's the name of the district, I guess.
It's, like, Omotesando or, like, Nakameguro of Osaka is what I heard.
Okay.
Yeah.
Maybe good place to visit for you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They have, like, fancy restaurants there for, like, good for, like, dating, maybe.
You can see the river from the window, kind of.
That's cool.
Those, you know.
I like that.
It's chill.
Yeah, kind of.
I like that.
Yeah, yeah.
I saw the picture, but it's, like, Osaka version of, like, Omotesando, like Ebisu.
I see.
You know.
Yeah, it's filtered through the Osaka eyes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think so.
You have some Osaka color in there.
Yeah.
Got it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll keep that in mind.
Yeah.
All right.
But, you know, I'm not a professional of Osaka.
I was in Kyoto, so.
Right.
Maybe there are, like, great places to visit, maybe.
That you don't know of?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Got it.
I'll take a look.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Google places.
Yeah.
Send us some recommendations.
Right, right.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
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