Now, in Osaka, you get to go to a takoyaki museum, where you can appreciate various different styles and tastes of takoyaki. Mouthwatering, yet interesting, the museum is located inside Universal City, the crowded shopping arcade just outside of Universal Studios of Osaka.
Earlier on, we have taken the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Osaka. Fancy enough, the ride only took us about 15 minutes. My phone barely charged for 10% and my butt barely warmed the seat and ta-da, we have arrived in Osaka, home of okonomiyaki, takoyaki and butter beer.
Japanese school girls walk the streets of Osaka on a rainy afternoon
After getting off the Shinkansen, we transferred to a local subway train to head down to Universal City, hoping to get inside the theme park. When we got there, it was pouring cats and dogs, so we decided to just walk around the shopping arcade. Came across an amazing anime shop JUMP and I spent quite a treasure there. Not that I am a big fan of these anime products, but some of the people I care about do and I ended up shopping for them. After a while in that shop, we walked out and that's where we smell takoyaki. Upstairs, are all the takoyaki stalls. Interestingly enough, each shop serves a different method + style of takoyaki. Coming from the US, where takoyaki is just one type, flour+octopus+scallion+ginger then overly garnished with sauces and bonito flakes, seeing these didn't bring us justice, so we ordered from different stalls and shared around. I got the bad one, or at least not to my liking. No sauces! Not used to that. However, my friend got a good one, slimy in texture but good. Lotsa sauce.
Here comes the takoyaki museum!
So awesome and so innovative.
Chi-zu!!
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