This is happening.
Welcome back to another day in Osaka! When we get to a new place, we have two things that we
like to do right away. We did the first of them yesterday; we learned a little bit more about the
history of Osaka. The other thing we like to do is to find a viewpoint that overlooks the city where
we are. We are in luck today. The tallest building in all of Japan is right here in Osaka - 60 stories
tall! - and we're able to go up it. That's right; we're going up Abeno Harukas to start off our day.
Then later on, we're going to go to a nearby Zoo, followed by another very popular District that's
right here in Osaka. I think you'll recognize it, and you know there's going to be a lot
of food. But first, we need to start with our viewpoint, so let's hit that elevator.
I think we understand now why it takes us 45 minutes to get anywhere that we're going. Oh my
gosh. It's pretty amazing to me that we are this tall off the ground, and everywhere we look it's
city. It doesn't end. It's just endless. We knew that Osaka was big. We didn't realize it was THIS
big. The buildings just below us look like Lego bricks. They look super tiny. To be honest, we're
so high up that it's like a little dizzying. Like just mild dizziness when you look out and you walk
around. It's so high up. How do you like the glass floor? I hate the glass floor. Can I move now?
There's this neat open air area. It opens to a courtyard that you can enjoy a coffee in,
or maybe lunch. Best view ever from a bathroom!
It is not cheap to come here,
but it is worth it to understand how big Osaka is. It's absolutely massive.
If there's a department store around, we usually either eat at the very top because
there's a good view, or the very bottom because there's good food. We're about to find out what
this place has. These look amazing but this is chocolate, not lunch. What is - sweet potato?
What is this? Nuts and marshmallow, white? I have no idea. Sweet potato chocolate?? I'm confused.
No Bill, you can't just have grapes for lunch. Yeah, but look how expensive they are!
Those are not cheap grapes, oh my gosh.
It's all dessert so far, which looks amazing, but not lunch.
Well, we found all the food and now the problem is too many choices! They all look amazing!
Well, we found something to eat finally, and found this lovely park here. It's a
Saturday today. There's just lots of people out enjoying themselves, relaxing. We went
to this place 551 Horai. I'm probably not saying that correctly. We've
seen lines for them everywhere. We finally tried them. They seem to specialize in their
buns. We had a chicken bun. It was really good. I mean we had a lot of other things
besides that. My Sushi was delicious. That was Bill's choice, but I ate it. It was amazing.
Now we are off to the zoo! What does this mean? No cats on bicycles? I don't... I have questions.
Look what they've got! No.
They have the zoomies!
That's it for the zoo; it was fun. Thanks to the viewer who gave us that recommendation.
I think we were the only tourists in there, so it was a lot of fun to watch the Japanese
families enjoying the time with their kids. Where are we going next, honey?
Shinkansen? Shinkensai? Shinkensai?
Something like that anyway. I'm butchering the name, I'm sure. I apologize.
No, we are not riding a train. We're going to a really cool neighborhood nearby. Shinsekai, we
think is how it's said? Oh I had it right. Yeah, but not Shinkansen.
No that's a train. I'm pretty sure that's a train.
This neighborhood literally starts across the street from where we exited the zoo.
We hardly had anywhere to walk, which is good, because if there's something
that we have learned already in Japan, it is that it is probably impossible to gain
weight here. All we're doing is walking. I've never walked so much while we're traveling.
My legs are getting stronger, my feet are tired. Anyhow, I digress. Cool neighborhood
behind me - that's what I was talking about, cool neighborhood! This area seems so much
busier than Dotonburi, where we were just, was it yesterday? Time has flown. We seem to be some of
the only westerners here again, which is a lot of fun, but wow it's packed. It's so busy! Oh,
it's Saturday - it's Saturday. This is really cool. This place is hopping.
That was a really fun area. We have one more area that we want to see before we leave,
so we are headed there now. It's only a one kilometer walk, which is not too bad,
and that is Den Den Town. I think it's also called Nippon Bashi,
and that's where all the anime and Manga stuff is, so that's where we're headed to next.
We've made it to the very busy Denden district. It's absolutely packed with people. This is so
much fun. I love the artwork that comes out of Japan. I'm so unfamiliar with it, (I don't
know what's going on there) but it is a lot of fun to go in the shops and look around and see
everybody so enthusiastic over these characters and games, and I have things I need to look up
online later. This is pretty amazing. I'm so glad that we made the time to come here this evening.
That street had a lot going on.
So much of Japanese culture is so different from our own. It's hard to understand it all,
to be honest. All right, this area is a lot of fun, but we have decided for dinner,
we're going to walk back to the super fun area that we saw on our first night here - kind of
that covered shopping area. It looked like it had a lot more great fun like street food places.
Dotonburi. [Dotonburi]
That's where we're headed back to. There's so much to look at here; we're
probably going to run into something. So many shiny things! So many shiny things.
We liked the buns that we had for lunch so much that we found a place that has them
and we're going to have some more for dinner. Two little ladies making them.
They were very cute and we think there's only one kind of dumpling. We're giving it
a try here. Hopefully it's cooled off so this isn't surface the sun hot.
They're very warm, not too hot, tasty fresh and fluffy.
Looks like there's pork or chicken in the middle? I can't quite tell yet.
You just buried your face. The only way to eat it! And we just got kicked out of where
we were eating. It only took one bite. We had seen the security guard watching us. We didn't
realize that there was no food there. I mean, it's our bad. Totally did not see the sign in
this cute little park, so now we are off to find a corner to eat at. No parking. I think you're
not supposed to eat while walking in Japan, right? What do we do? Where do we go?
[a few moments later] We think we found another spot here where we can enjoy the rest of our
dumplings. We're just standing. Is that okay? We heard you're not supposed to eat and walk,
but maybe standing is okay? Let us know in the comments. Anyway, I thought I'd try this mustard
sauce (I think it's a mustard sauce anyway?), on the dumpling. Give that give that a go as well.
That's really good. It's also really spicy. Oh my God. Like Wasabi to the 10th degree. Oh my
God. You'll love it. Those dumplings were delicious. Once we found a place where we
could maybe eat them appropriately (we have no idea what we're doing - let us know!),
they were really good. Now, one of you gave us a tip about some cheesecake that you can
only get here in Osaka, and there is a place just around the corner from where we huddled
and had our dumplings, so hopefully we can buy just a piece because those dumplings
are filling. So cheesecake! All right, there's a line for cheesecake! Look at this! Raisins in it??
That one's our cheesecake right there. Nope. Nope.
There will be a delay on the cheesecake.
Oh, they're cute! I think they ran out like right after us. We just bought
an entire cheesecake. It seems like they didn't sell them in slices, so
it's a good thing we've been walking so much. And they gave us these cutest little stickers.
Oh they were so cute! Hope you're hungry! But we have an entire cheesecake we have to eat now. We
do not have a refrigerator tomorrow night. Oh my gosh. I think we need to bring it back to
the hotel while the cheesecake's still warm so we can eat something. Oh gosh. What you're about to witness
should come with a warning label. This is not how we normally eat cheesecake,
but this is warm, and we think it's supposed to be eaten warm. We don't have a fork, chopsticks,
knives, we have nothing, and it's a 45 minute journey back to our hotel. So,
again, don't do this at home. Eat things the right way.
I'm sorry. Can you tear off a chunk? Can't break it apart. I'm just - I'm
going in. It smells light and fluffy, and I'm doing it. This is happening.
What is it? That is the lightest, fluffiest,
cake-iest cheesecake I've ever had. It's like -
it's barely cheese. It's like, it's like eating cheese flavored air. It's just the lightest,
fluffiest, warmest thing. It has raisins going around the bottom, which are the perfect amount
of sweetness to go with the cake. I am really glad that we did not wait until we were back in
our hotel to try this. It's delicious, so thank you viewer, whoever you were,
who recommended this and said you can only get them here. Spot on with that recommendation. That
is amazing. I'm just going to be huddling in my corner, eating my cheesecake like a crazy person.
All right, here goes, I think.
Heather's right. This is the most unique cheesecake I've ever had. Super light
and fluffy. It's almost like a souffle, I would say. I hate souffles - it's not like a souffle.
That's the closest thing I can think of anyway. It's delicious. Thanks for the
recommendation. This is fantastic. Did we just stand on the side of a busy street and eat half
of a cheesecake? (hopefully we can buy just a piece, because those dumplings are filling.) Yes.
Yes, we did. I'm sure our parents are very proud. Next time we'll know to carry a fork with us so
we don't have to wait until we get back to eat this. I mean, not that we waited. Obviously.
It's really good. Do I still have stuff on my chin? No, I think I took care of it
That actually is it for this video. Tomorrow we are headed to Mount Koya, where we are doing a
temple stay overnight, and we are super excited about that, and also to experience a little bit of
nature. If you liked this video, you might really enjoy a video that we filmed in Singapore where
we went to not one but three zoos in one day and they were absolutely fantastic. Honestly,
they kind of wrecked zoos for us, because they were so good. They were next level,
so check that out right up here. Thanks! See you next time. Bye!