Jumping around Japan

Our last day in Japan!!!!!!!
Today we went to visit the Osaka castle. We took subway to get there. The Osaka Castle was was built in 1583 (1). There is water around the whole castle that protects it. This castle was amazing to see and was much better than other castles we had ever seen. Therefore, it was said to be the best castle to be able to protect itself from an attack. The Osaka Castle is famous for being one of the big castles in Japan.(2).

Today we also visited the Osaka aquarium. This aquarium is very famous in Japan because the tank is huge! We were so excited becuase we saw so many fish, dolphins and sharks.

We then went and visited the Minami area. This area has many unique and different sort of things. For example, we saw the Kuidaore doll! Kuidaore means “to ruin oneself by extravagance in food.” This doll is a symbol in this area, so many visitors take pictures. Of course, we took picture of us with him.

Also, there are some more original and different kinds of food. We tried to Tokoyaki. Tokoyaki is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with special sauce, green laver , mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings). Its taste was very different but good! While we were enjoying our Tokoyaki we drank some Sake which is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice

The Tokotaki that we ate!

After we enjoyed our Takoyaki we took bullet train to Tokyo to go back to Canada.
We enjoyed travelling in Japan so much and we would love to be able to stay longer. But...........

Goodbye Japan - Sayonara - We are going to come back one day.