Day 5: Osaka - 8 Dec 2017

We took a stroll in the morning at Shinsaibashisuji shopping street and had our breakfast at Doutor. My rash (from the cold weather) has gotten really bad and I had to buy a rash cream from the pharmacy.  The shopping streets at Shinsaibasshisuiji and Dotonbori are fairly similar with lots of pharmacy stores which sells products ranging from sweets to hand creams to facial wash at competitive prices. Looking back now, Dotonburi is the best place to make all purchases from the pharmacies as the prices in Nagoya and Kanazawa were way higher.

We then made our way to Shitennoji temple, which is the oldest temple in Japan, built over 1,400 years ago. This temple is famous for its symmetrical design ..

such a beautiful structure

the boys love to hang around at this space

this place is nice and peaceful

rarely get to have a shot with this boy

After the temple, we settle for lunch near Tennoji Mio Plaza. There's a tendon shop which is priced at 800 yen per bowl and it was good enough for all of us!

We spent some time shopping around Tennoji Mio Plaza area and moved back to Dotonbori for our last night at Osaka. Everywhere had long queues forming as it was already 6 plus in the evening. We found this ramen shop near the snow crab store and surprisingly the noodles were really good (order the one with spicy level). Thankfully we arrived at this place slightly earlier before the crowd was formed (as there were also long queues for this ramen place later).

I was so tired after dinner and decided to walk back to hotel myself while the boys went on with Brian's family to play some arcade games.