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diamondlifeOh, cringe, I couldn't think of anywhere else to eat tonight so I went back to the sushi place I was in a couple of nights ago and oh, it was full of people and so I now have no idea if me and the sushiyasan were having a conversation we both understood or not, lol. He had a quiet voice as well! And I know I mixed up "tsukau" and "tsukuru", my old enemies. >.<;;; Oh well, as I left I thanked him for talking to me. XD He was a very nice man, and if the other customers laugh at my pitifulness, they laugh. I just have to take the "whatever!" attitude. ^^' Oh, and I ate raw salmon for the first time too. It was actually very nice! Though doesn't have nearly as much flavour as it does cooked. ^^' Should've asked him to blowtorch it. Or at least asked how to ask for it blowtorched. ^^'
Anyway! Today I went to Osaka Castle, which isn't really worth the effort, to be honest. There's a few interesting artefacts, but it goes on and on about Whatshisface Hideyoshi and by the end I didn't care. -_- I have to say, no-one does museums like the British. :3 (The American ones I went to were good, but they just don't have as much resource as we do, historically speaking! ;) Then again, our stuff is also pillaged from years of empire, so maybe I shouldn't be so proud. -_-
But then! I went to Shitennouji, which is a large temple complex in southern Osaka. It really was marvellous - lots of little buildings with small statues, and then some big ones with big statues (...I'm selling this well, aren't I? ^^;;) But no, it was incredibly impressive - everything was utterly lush, without being ostentatious - very atmospheric. There was a monk reciting prayers for a lady, too, which was really interesting to see. I spent at least a couple of hours there, it was well worth the time.
Then I quickly raced down to Tennouji itself. Didn't get to go in the zoo, but I did go round the gardens. Every garden I see here is more beautiful than the last! This one was impeccably kept, with such neat trees and azalea bushes. Absolutely wonderful. Then a random old guy came and started talking to me in rapid, slightly toothless, Osaka-accented Japanese, and even though it was perfectly apparent I didn't understand (especially as I said "I'm sorry, I don't understand") he kept going on. o.O Then I saw him again, and he insisted on showing me the way out. ^^' Though I did then finally grasp what he was saying to me earlier, lol (I think he was asking me if I'd been bitten by insects, lol, cos I was wearing a vest-top [and my skin's not great -_- I just said "Er, yes, yes I have"]). To be honest, I think Tennouji is a slightly dodgy area, in that there were dodgy-looking people in the plaza outside the station, but then, compared to the standards I've seen before, it looks like a clean, cutesy, slightly old-fashioned sort of neighbourhood. ^^'
Oh, and I found the cake shop I went past before. And this time, I bought a cake. :D It's very light and fluffy and beautifully presented, but doesn't have *the* most flavour ever. Still - cake!!! And I negotiated the Starbucks on the 7th floor of Hep5 earlier to get Earl Grey tea too. :9 Mmmm, tea. *makes some green tea*
I want to be first in with fannish news for once (ie, I've had a copy of Duet for several days and not seen it at Vendy's yet) but this entry's long enough as it is. ^^' Suffice it to say, Maru loves everyone, and Subaru laments the fact he and Yasu haven't been on any dates recently. Awww. Oh, for those of you so inclined, Arashi get a nice gay photoshoot for the first time in a little while. It never gets old. ♥
[Edit] Oops! Just creamed YamaPi. *wipes him off*
Anyway! Today I went to Osaka Castle, which isn't really worth the effort, to be honest. There's a few interesting artefacts, but it goes on and on about Whatshisface Hideyoshi and by the end I didn't care. -_- I have to say, no-one does museums like the British. :3 (The American ones I went to were good, but they just don't have as much resource as we do, historically speaking! ;) Then again, our stuff is also pillaged from years of empire, so maybe I shouldn't be so proud. -_-
But then! I went to Shitennouji, which is a large temple complex in southern Osaka. It really was marvellous - lots of little buildings with small statues, and then some big ones with big statues (...I'm selling this well, aren't I? ^^;;) But no, it was incredibly impressive - everything was utterly lush, without being ostentatious - very atmospheric. There was a monk reciting prayers for a lady, too, which was really interesting to see. I spent at least a couple of hours there, it was well worth the time.
Then I quickly raced down to Tennouji itself. Didn't get to go in the zoo, but I did go round the gardens. Every garden I see here is more beautiful than the last! This one was impeccably kept, with such neat trees and azalea bushes. Absolutely wonderful. Then a random old guy came and started talking to me in rapid, slightly toothless, Osaka-accented Japanese, and even though it was perfectly apparent I didn't understand (especially as I said "I'm sorry, I don't understand") he kept going on. o.O Then I saw him again, and he insisted on showing me the way out. ^^' Though I did then finally grasp what he was saying to me earlier, lol (I think he was asking me if I'd been bitten by insects, lol, cos I was wearing a vest-top [and my skin's not great -_- I just said "Er, yes, yes I have"]). To be honest, I think Tennouji is a slightly dodgy area, in that there were dodgy-looking people in the plaza outside the station, but then, compared to the standards I've seen before, it looks like a clean, cutesy, slightly old-fashioned sort of neighbourhood. ^^'
Oh, and I found the cake shop I went past before. And this time, I bought a cake. :D It's very light and fluffy and beautifully presented, but doesn't have *the* most flavour ever. Still - cake!!! And I negotiated the Starbucks on the 7th floor of Hep5 earlier to get Earl Grey tea too. :9 Mmmm, tea. *makes some green tea*
I want to be first in with fannish news for once (ie, I've had a copy of Duet for several days and not seen it at Vendy's yet) but this entry's long enough as it is. ^^' Suffice it to say, Maru loves everyone, and Subaru laments the fact he and Yasu haven't been on any dates recently. Awww. Oh, for those of you so inclined, Arashi get a nice gay photoshoot for the first time in a little while. It never gets old. ♥
[Edit] Oops! Just creamed YamaPi. *wipes him off*
