Den-den Town

Today we checked out of the hotel and headed off to Norbert and Hitomi's place in Tsuruhashi (near Namba in dowtown Osaka) to spend a few days. We managed to wrangle all of our luggage onto and off of the subway without major incident. It was raining and cold, so we didn't do much the rest of the day, except check out Den-Den Town (denki and denkaseihin, or electrics and electronics). This is a street (and sidestreets) lined with innumerable electronics stores, which is quite fun, if you're male.

For dinner we went to a big conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, Kura Sushi, where every dish was 100 yen. Here is a photos showing some random person eating there to give you the idea (I just found this on the web, didn't take any pictures). It was a family-oriented place, with lots of kids having fun grabbing plates and returning them down the magic chute, with every five plates getting you a chance to win a wacky prize featuring the restaurant's sushi characters. It was tasty and fun too!