Day 64 : Good Book

This is a really good book I have been reading, its about the experiences of a western worker who worked at Mitsubishi, he was the only western employee at the time that lived in Japan. Its a great insight into the conservative world of Corporate Japan.

Day 63 : Rock Monument

Really cool monument in downtown, dont know what its for though, will find out soon

Day 62 : Comic Culture

Mural on a office building in Shinsaibashi. The love of comics here in Japan is more than anywhere else in the world, at any time of the day you can go to a convience store and see a lines of people reading comics in teh magazine section. This one caught my eye as its not drawn in the Japanese style, but rather classical American comic style.

Day 61 : Don Quixote

This is one of my favourite stores in Osaka, its 24 hours, and anythign you can imagine is avaialable, we need a wii controler at 2 am a while back and then we just hit up Don Quixote and we got it. Its in the middle of the entertainment district so its a bit expensive as I think its geared towards patrons who buy presents for all the Hostesses that work in this area in the Hostess Bars

Day 60 : Roller Coaster

This is a abandoned amusement park that was built around buildings and the roller coaster went through the buildings, this was a huge facility, however due to lack of public support and customers it has been shut down, however Spa World, a huge monstrous indoor swimming and water park is still open. Its open 24 hours just like everything else in Japan. The place has a very atlantean feel to it as its got this huge abandoned facility and then a monstrous water park there as well.

Day 59 : Lawyers

This is a picture of my Lawyer, Iganaki San and his assistant Gabrielle. Only in Japan will lawyers make a house call. Whe then decided after they visited to go to the city hall and get all my Japanese Bueraucracy taken care of. Got our Hankos (Offical Seals) certified, prepared our miarrage documents as well. God Bless the Japanese Work Ethic

Day 58 : Curved Escalators

Cool Mall out in Amera Mura, I really like the curved escalators in this building. Amazing Yakiniku (BBQ) place on the top floor. Kinda sucked for Holly however since she is now a vegitarian and this was the worst place to go out to dinner with a vegitarian, but there was a large group so majority rules.

Day 57 : River Crossing

This is one of the many rivers you have to cross to get into Osaka, this is a veiw from the train from Kyoto to Osaka

Day 56 : Osakako Station

This is the crosswalk that leads right to our front door from the subway station

Day 55 : Lights

Cool Lamposts in Amera Mura, Osaka.

Day 54 : Gearing Up

I have started to notice these posters all over the place. It seems strange that the Japanese people dont believe they have a military, they remind me its a "Self-Defence Force." However it seems that recent events in North Korea and many other international events are making the nessecity of the military being strengthened and rebuilt. I believe that Japan has every right to do what it wishes with its millitary regardless of past history. I dont think that past history is any way to decide who can and cant have a millitary. Japan is a sovreign nation and should be allowed to do what ever it wants with its own governmental policy. The US isnt told that it cant have a strong millitary based on its past historical aggression, so why should Japan?

Day 53 : Ugly Duckling

Today I saw what has to be one of the ugliest cars in existence, I don't know who makes this model and whats the specs but its really a shame that this is made and successfully sold to people. On the while Japanese cars are very well built and designed, but sometimes one or two seem to slip by. It seems to be designed to be a Hatchback which then wouldn't be so bad, but they added a little trunk on the back and its just ruins the whole car, so bad is teh trunk that everything else gets brought down with it.

Day 52 : Patterns

This is the pattern the tiles make in the subway stations around Osaka, I thought it would make a cool picture, once I get a proper Camera the quality of these pics will be much better, right now I am using a camera that is on my phone.

Day 51 : Road to Prosperity

This is a picture of the road I have to walk down to get to and from the subway station and the office. Mostly commercial properties and its quite amazing how there is no space at all wasted in the area, every square inch is being used for something productive and for something that is contributing to the GDP. Its this level of efficiency that has made Japan the 2nd largest economy in the and GDP of Osaka itself is larger than all of Canada.

Day 50 : Clock

This is the clocks they have at Subways stations, I have a fascination with clocks and watches and I really like the simplicity and elegance of this timepiece. This is quite common to many clocks in public places, plain and monochromatic. However for me what sticks out and makes this really nice is the Font and the Hands, they are designed with the same width and dimensions and they fit well together. Most people don't give clocks a second look, but it you look carefully and examine them there are many different features and subtleties that make on timepiece more appealing aesthetically than another.