Osaka, the third largest city in Japan, is one of the most famous cities, although not especially noted for anything in particular. Culturally always been overshadowed by Kyoto, which is really close, and that as a city is much more refined. However, Osaka’s nightlife has a fervent, almost comparable to that of Tokyo, albeit on a smaller scale. Osaka is a city of rabid modern living for the future and that’s exactly what we find there.
While visiting Osaka have the feeling that only looks forward, it is a very ancient city with history, and to check, if we wish, we will visit the Osaka-jo, a castle recently renovated.
This is the most visited monument of all over Japan, but many attribute it to is all the old classic that can be seen in Osaka, and possibly this objection has some degree.
The park surrounding the Osaka-jo is especially beautiful during the cherry blossom – Sakura – and there they celebrate traditional festivals. But if you want to see is the modern part of Osaka, we should not miss the Umeda Sky Building, one of the most emblematic skyscrapers of the city. It is possible to climb to the Umeda Sky and watch from the ‘Floating Garden Observatory’, on the 39th floor, an interesting view of the city.
Another of the great attractions is the Aquarium, known as Kaiyukan, “is one of the largest aquariums in the world, is a very interesting visit, both for animals can be seen there, for interior design the building.
The aquarium consists of sixteen tanks elongated, the tour starts at the top of them and surrounding them down in a curious spiral that can observe the different levels of underwater life. In each of the tanks recreate different habitats of the most remote places on earth. But perhaps what most Western travelers will attract the liveliness that is breathed into the crowd of Namba district.
Some of the most famous images from Osaka Namba, which could be defined as the city’s commercial district, with shops, bars, restaurants, karaoke, pachinko … One of the curiosities is hiding Doguyasuji Namba, a colonnaded streets lined with shops and restaurants.
But possibly the most iconic are the neon, the man and the giant crab Glico we can see in Dotonbori, a channel that crosses the Namba district, and perhaps the busiest place in town. Umeda as Dotonbori Both are excellent places to sample the local specialties.
Probably the best known are the Osaka-style okonomiyaki. It is a kind of pizza or tortillas that are put in the ingredients to taste-usually pork and bacon with vegetables. It is common in the best restaurants that specialize in this dish the customer to mix their own ingredients and they themselves can make it to the plate.
Osaka are also typical of Udon noodles and delicate specialty called oshizushi sushi in which they put layers of rice and sour ingredients.
But if you’re after a mid-afternoon snack, you can not go away without sampling Osaka takoyaki, delicious stuffed octopus balls are sold and produced in small stalls in the street. As usual in Japan, which has more than often the glue that cooks better.
Still can not talk without mentioning Osaka Kansai International Airport, a pharaonic construction and one of the most spectacular airports in the world.
Kansai International Airport is built on an artificial island. Architectural efforts to build this airport were really huge and bore fruit, as it has survived without damage to several earthquakes and typhoons, also is built to withstand tsunamis, but the island on which stands sinks, which is already had provided for the proper disposition of materials, but that unfortunately happens much faster than expected, although this does not compromise airport security since the island has to go about lifting adjustable columns.
All these features make it one of the airports with more expensive rates in the world and its maintenance is really expensive.
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Osaka is a vibrant, modern and bustling, it emerged trends and fashions that have flooded Japan leaving its mark.
Osaka is undoubtedly a city that has to live at night, running, feeling their excitement to perceive in all its glory the power and fascination of that modernity, as well as its airport, it’s actually indestructible under appearance of fragility.
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