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Osaka June 2016 5 days 4 nights Itinerary - Day 3 Pt 2 (Shitennoji Temple, Abeno Harukas, Pokemon EXPOGYM)

Day 3:

Continuing where i left off! 

Shitennoji Temple

After Oe Shrine, I went to Shitennoji Temple! Here's a picture of my onituska tiger shoe with this Osaka castle drain cover. Even the drain covers also damn chio in Osaka! It would probably be better if this was colored. In case you don't know, that's the Osaka castle with sakura. 

Not sure why there are lanterns.. 

Sad lonely lantern.... 

Not sure if this was the main entrance or one of the entrances........ 


Washed my hands here. 

Giant fat lanturn

Not sure if its real gold or gold plated... can bring home? lol


Looks very run down.. but it has its beauty i guess. 


Doug can have an easy life here... how to bring my turtle here to be set free? LOL

Im not sure what this is.. looks like a tower. 


Super love these kind of gates! It just looks so grand and magnificent. :)









The building with that golden pole thing seems to be popular but too bad it is under construction. can't take any nice pictures of it. 

Oh i read that the outer temple grounds are free, but however the inner precinct is not and requires an entrance fee. This is the five storied pagoda in which Prince Shotoku is enshrined as a statue of Kannon.








Kotan at Abeno Harukas

After this, I went to Abeno Harukas where i ate in a random ramen store. This one has a short queue so i guess it must be somewhat good. XD If you're at Abeno Harukas, you can go to Kotan at 12th storey. 




Pokemon EXPOGYM

It started to rain heavily after i exited abeno harukas. It was kind of early so i decided to go the Pokemon EXPOGYM! The nearest station would be Bampakukinenkoen Station. You can see lalaport expo city after you exit the station. You won't miss it. It was still drizzling when i reached. Why is the weather so bad? :(

There's a hotel here. Seems like it is a popular place.. look at the amount of cars parked here despite the bad weather. 

that's the expo city! 

No, the weather is not going to deter me from pokemon! 


Very similar to the one in Odaiba Tokyo hor.. There's also a gundam cafe at the back of these statue. 


Pokemon EXPO GYM!! Do you know how excited i am? XD

There's a huge pokeball welcoming you as you entered the paid area of the gym. That's where all the games are. 

PIKA PIKA PIIIIIIIIIIIII~ 

There's also a pokemon shop here! This one was a rather small one but well-stocked. That's the pikachu plush toy limited to this gym. I think you can only get it here. I didn't get one as it's not cute to me. XD Sorry pikachu! 


There's also a Pokemon cafe here! Nothing much here but snacks and drinks. I saw the popcorn container on Instagram and knew i had to get it irregardless of eating the popcorn or not. 





There's pokemon at almost every corner of this place and in the toilet as well. Please enjoy the pictures! 










































My take on this place:

I think this games inside are more catered for kids! Not sure if i went at a bad time or what, there's no crowd at all! Just a few parents bringing their kids here. I tried the  Charizard battle show. It's basically an interactive show whereby you help Charizard becoming stronger. You can talk to the Charizard and trainer and some cool animations.Very kiddish to me. :/

I also played Macho J’s Pokemon Boxercise. It's is something like DDR where by you do a certain move according to what's on the screen. 

There's also the KFC buffet here. I obviously didn't go in. XD

I love rascal too!! I was looking for real food so i did not go in. :(






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