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Seven hours in Osaka: Blowfish, Bicycles, and Bizarre Sporting Celebrations – Osaka, Japan

TIME : 2016/2/27 14:58:40

Seven hours in Osaka: Blowfish, Bicycles, and Bizarre Sporting Celebrations
Osaka, Japan

Bicycle Lined Streets in OsakaBicycle Lined Streets in OsakaSo what had I learned from my two free hours in Japan? Well, I am too yellow to try the infamous Japanese blowfish, I am afraid of fast moving bicycles, and there is also a high probability that I would not join in any sporting celebration near the Dotombori River. I would, though, like to return one day for a longer period of time when perhaps, I might pluck up the courage to order that poisonous fish and perhaps acquire some automatic avoidance techniques for all those bicycles. It would take a hell of a lot of beer though, for me to jump into any Japanese canals.


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