Snowing again today....

More photos from Namba and its shopping arcades....

You might recognize the famous 'running man' billboard.


This is a huge arcade called Shinsaibashi-suji. It's just endless shopping and eating!

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We awoke to more snowfall today. Its soo cold! And the apartment is definitely not so cosy at the moment. Probably up for more cold weather this week.
Yesterday, we headed to Umeda, another district filled with more departments stores and shopping arcades. We spent about 2 hours in this electronic store called Yodobashi. It has 5 floors, each selling cameras, PCs, mobile phones, and even clocks! Just imagine the brightness of 7-eleven and then enlarge that image by a 100 times. It's filled with noise from lights and store attendants shouting out specials, and also the large number of people that crowd that store on the weekend. We couldn't take a photo, so you'll just have to take our word for it!
Then at about 5pm we went up Sky Building, a massive twin tower complex (45 storeys), which looks like a modern version of the Arc de triomphe. We went all the way up to the observation deck at the top floor. This deck is built in between the two buildings and is accessed via a glassed-in escalator. Very cool, but not if you're prone to vertigo. We were just in time for the sunset. So beautiful!
Osaka just seems like an ocean of buildings. It really drove home the expanse of this city, and how different it is to Melbourne.