Back to Akiba

So we're back from our week in the west. The last 2 days were spent in Osaka and Kyoto.
In Osaka we walked around DenDen Town a little, unfortunately we were too early, and everything was closed, we waited a little to visit some shops then left to Kyoto. While there we spent a lot of money on a stupid UFO catcher... "this one will be easy" ... sigh.
For those who don'T know, DenDen Town is like Osaka's Akihabara, but a lot less impressive.

Once in Kyoto, we went to the Kinkakuji (Golden pavillion) it's a really beautiful building, we took a lot of picture. After that we went to eat at Gyuzen, my favorite restaurant from my last trip to Japan, we eat shabu-shabu and sukiyaki, it was delicious.

After that we went back to the hotel, were there was a live performance from a Western concert flute player.

The day after we went to the Nijo castle, that I visited last time, but it's worth seeing it again, especially since BenPi had never seen it. After that we went to see a maiko dance in Gion. After that we took the shinkansen back to Tokyo.

Tonight is flowering night, Woohoo!

The pics from the west will be uploaded soon, there is a lot so it's long to sort.

Version francaise plus tard.

My planning

So here's the plan for this trip/Voici mon itinéraire pour mon voyage:
28/04: leave Quebec/Quiter Quebec

29/04:

• Arrive in Japan /Arrivé au Japon
• Go to the Hotel to drop our stuff/Aller a l'hotel pour dropper notre stock
• Go see this show/Aller a ce show: http://ryu-5150.jp/ryukotethugekiken/top.html (We'll be late but we're on the guest list thanks to IRON CHINO! and he plays from 8pm)

30/04: Go drop our things at the Sakura House then/Aller porter nos choses a la sakura house et ensuite:
M3, here's my to get list so far / Voici ma liste d'achat jusqu’à maintenant:

• http://asriel.jp/special/gaika/
• http://www.c-h-s.me/answer/
• http://soundcloud.com/usao926/4beat4-demo
• http://kraster.jp/lorettochapel/
• http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17596261
• http://shisoworld.blog102.fc2.com/blog-entry-306.html
• http://www.sound-holic.com/cold_kiss/
• http://www.engageblue.com/
• http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17590259
• http://www.arte-refact.com/primavera/
• http://kakkin.pro.tok2.com/m3_29.html
• IOSYS stuff

01/05 - 04/05: Random wandering in Tokyo/ promenade random dans Tokyo

05/05: Dolpha (for/pour BenPi)

06/05 - 12/05 : Visite de kyoto/Osaka et autre ville de l'ouest/ Visiting Kyoto, Osaka and other western cities

13/05 : Flowering Night avec/with Kimino-Museum

14/05 - 20-05: Random wandering in Tokyo/ promenade random dans Tokyo

20/05: retour a / return to Quebec

Near the end of the travel Nanae will be with us, and we'll go to Fuji-Q, cosplay event and other stuff. Also during the wandering moments we'll do a lot of Akiba shopping, and we'll at least go to Washimiya (lucky star city)

Vers la fin du voyage, Nanae viendra nous rejoindre et nous irons a Fuji-Q et a un événement Cosplay en plus de faire plein d'Autres choses. Durant les moment de promenade random, nous allons aire beaucoup de shopping a Akiba et nous allons aussi aller a Washimiya (Ville de Lucky Star)

Osaka

first day: Osaka castle
The castle is hard to get too, very high, but it's very beautiful... on the outside, inside it's just a regular museum.

we ate in a cafe with maids, but not a maid cafe.
The street we were on was the busiest of the city, it's awesome to look at... and I think I got a taste of what tokyo will be when I finally move around.

every 1 in 10 shop is an arcade, and every arcade has also slot mahicnes (pachinko) in it.

In the evening Hisaki-san's daughter came with us to eat and sing at the karaoke. Both of them have a nice voice, it was a really fun evening.

day 2: more wandering in the city, pretty much the same, nothing more to say.

http://picasaweb.google.com/doshurikn/OsakaDay1#
http://picasaweb.google.com/doshurikn/OsakaDay2#

Premier jour: Chateau d'Osaka.
Le chateau est vraiment dur d'acess. Il est tres elever, mais tres beau... de l'exterieur, a l'interieur ce n'est qu'un simple musee.

Nous avons manger dans un cafe ou il y avais des maids, mais ce n'etais pas un maid café.
La rue ou nous etion etais la plus occupé d'osaka, c'Est vraiment impressionant de voir tout ce monde qui groille partout. Je crois que sa me donne un bon avant gout de ce que sera Tokyo quand je commencerais a visiter un peu.

A peu pres 1/10 des shop est un arcade, et ils ont tous des slot machine (pachinko) dedans.

En soiré la fille d'Hisako-san est venu nous rejoindre pour souper et pour du Karaoke!
Les 2 ont de tres belle voix et sont tres gentilles, ce fut une soirée tres agréable.

Jour 2:  Plus de promenage dans la ville, un peu la meme chose que la journée d'avant, rien de plus a dire.

http://picasaweb.google.com/doshurikn/OsakaDay1#
http://picasaweb.google.com/doshurikn/OsakaDay2#