Kyoto: Night 1 (Osaka)

Actually I flew into the Kansai region (just like saying the southeast or northeast region or something) on Friday night and stayed in Osaka bc all the hotels in Kyoto were sold out. I didn't get to see much of Osaka, but it kind of feels like Tokyo in the sense of it is a huge city that is just jammed with people and enormous buildings. Here are some photos:


I am not sure why but this clown is pretty famous.



the buildings on the upper left. which you can also see in the water also are famous as well. again I am not really sure of the significance. I think they have just become a symbol of Osaka. Here is a better photo of just the buildings:



So really the only other thing I did was go on this "ferris wheel" type ride. it really wasn't as cool as I thought it would be, but I bet it is really nice at sunset or sunrise.