Osaka

We were staying at a Toyoko Inn in Osaka, it was very exciting because we got a free gift because we booked online! That was about the most exciting thing we saw in Osaka. Its a big city with some impressive buildings, but we didnt have very long there and it was very very extra super hot! We did manage to get the train to the castle though, it is another reconstruction, although it was very impressively on a big hill with a huge moat, we didnt pay to go in (castled out!!), but we did stroll around the surrounding park which made me (hannah) very jealous as there were about a million children coming out of Disney on Ice with armfuls of Disney merchandise and excited little faces.
We bought a banquet of pick and mix fried food, including tempura squid and small eggs from the supermarket and had our first night in in front of the Olympics (what a strange and bizzarely impressive opening ceremony!). We have since watched a little of the Olympics at our hostel in Nagasaki, but they concentrate almost solely on Japan so its a bit boring - doubly boring for those of us who detest sports!).
The next day we headed for Himeji.