Hanami

We ambled over to Osaka castle on Sunday morning. The other guys had come at 8 am to reserve our spot. its not unusual for young recruits to wait all week, reserving a prime spot for their boss-stuff that!
Hanami is cherry blossom viewing. We had a lovely picnic. The day was long however and I really struggled, I was drinking at a pace to make me tired. We had some good food and drinks.
I went to Den Den Town afterwards, it's the electronic goods district, there were some interesting shops to say the least. I got home and felt so tired and sick, but I recovered fairly quickly.

On Tuesday I rode my bike down to the 'Sumioshi Taisha' shinto shrine. Its the most beautiful shrine/temple I've been to.


It also has one of the steepest bridges known to man. This thing should have an escalator. Imagine if someone fell!