Dotonbori, Osaka 2016

Thursday evening we took a train from Kyoto to Osaka. People actually commute between Kyoto and Osaka so it's easy to take an express train. Unfortunately, we hopped on the local by accident. It was our first- though very minor train mistake.

We'd heard that the main place to go at night was Dotonbori ((道頓堀). After we checked into our Osaka hotel, we headed over.  The area is crazy as you can see from the pictures. It's the area betweenthe Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the Osaka's Chuo ward.

It was crazier than it looks even

We'd heard you were supposed to have octopus balls in Osaka, so we did. They were definitely meatier and more octopus-filled there. I vote in favor of the Kyoto octopus balls though.

Buying octopus balls in Dotonbori

Eight octopus balls to go!

After we ate and had some beer, we wandered the side streets. The side streets are also weird. In an awesome way.

Is this a bar? A temple? A fortune teller? We don't know.

Kevin had a drink at Bar Core, a TINY but fancy whisky bar.