Today we left Hiroshima and went to Himeji Castle one the way to Osaka. Since it was the last day of our JR pass, as soon as we arrived in Osaka, we left for Nara. Himeji Castle is more of what you think of a castle, than the Nijo Castle in Kyoto. In Nara, there is a park with several temples and tame deer all over the place. They sell deer crackers, so the deer are not afraid of people. Everyone was taking pictures of the deer, including us. After awhile, it’s kind of annoying trying to avoid stepping in deer droppings. Supposedly the Buddha is the largest in Japan. The have a hole in a log that kids crawl through that is supposed to be as big as the nostril. However, the Buddha is nothing compared to the one we saw in Thailand. When we got back to Osaka, we had a grilled steak. They give you the slab of meat & you cook it yourself on a grill. I don’t know if it was Kobe beef, but it was as tasty a steak as I’ve ever had. It was really marbled with fat. It was cut only about 3/4 inch, so it wasn’t a lot of meat, but it was enough, since it had so much fat. Since the Lee’s had already been to Nara on an earlier tour, they went to Kobe to get Kobe beef. The other pictures are at a Pachinko Palace. It’s really noisy, much worse than any casino. I don’t know how people can stay in there very long. Tomorrow is our last full day. There isn’t really much to do in Osaka, so Mom plans to do a little (if that is possible) shopping.
Today we left Hiroshima and went to Himeji Castle one the way to Osaka. Since it was the last day of our JR pass, as soon as we arrived in Osaka, we left for Nara. Himeji Castle is more of what you think of a castle, than the Nijo Castle in Kyoto. In Nara, there is a park with several temples and tame deer all over the place. They sell deer crackers, so the deer are not afraid of people. Everyone was taking pictures of the deer, including us. After awhile, it’s kind of annoying trying to avoid stepping in deer droppings. Supposedly the Buddha is the largest in Japan. The have a hole in a log that kids crawl through that is supposed to be as big as the nostril. However, the Buddha is nothing compared to the one we saw in Thailand. When we got back to Osaka, we had a grilled steak. They give you the slab of meat & you cook it yourself on a grill. I don’t know if it was Kobe beef, but it was as tasty a steak as I’ve ever had. It was really marbled with fat. It was cut only about 3/4 inch, so it wasn’t a lot of meat, but it was enough, since it had so much fat. Since the Lee’s had already been to Nara on an earlier tour, they went to Kobe to get Kobe beef. The other pictures are at a Pachinko Palace. It’s really noisy, much worse than any casino. I don’t know how people can stay in there very long. Tomorrow is our last full day. There isn’t really much to do in Osaka, so Mom plans to do a little (if that is possible) shopping.
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