One of the most spectacular fireworks festivals in Japan, the Yodogawa Festival (淀川花火大会) will take place this Saturday (4th August). It might not have as many fireworks as the PL fireworks festival but it has more variety and some special character fireworks. I’ve seen Doraemon and Hello Kitty ones. I’ve been a number of times [...]
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Yodogawa Fireworks Festival (淀川花火大会)
August 1st, 2007 by Ian · 3 Comments
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Tenjin Matsuri (天神祭)
July 23rd, 2007 by Ian · No Comments
The annual Tenjin Matsuri (Festival) centred around the Temmangu Shrine (天満宮)will take place on the Tuesday 24th July and Wednesday 25th July 2007. It is one of the three main festivals in Japan. It has been taking place for over 1000 years. Wednesday is when the main events happen. On that day there will be [...]
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As promised Osaka Evessa photos
July 11th, 2007 by Ian · 1 Comment
Sorry for the delay… Here are the photos I took in February of the Osaka Evessa versus Niigata Albirex game. Including a couple with Matt Lottich. Hope you enjoy them! You can find all the photos here or as a slideshow here Evessa won their second championship in a row a few months back [...]
Any ghost stations on the Osaka subway system?
June 28th, 2007 by Ian · 2 Comments
Everyone knows about the fascinating subject of ghost stations on the London Underground system. Does anyone know if there are any ghost stations on the Osaka subway system or the connecting lines (like Hankyu, Kintetsu)? And if so where and when were they shut? The Osaka subway system is relatively young so maybe there aren’t [...]
Brad Crawford’s Exhibition (and Osaka Flickr Group Meetup)
June 14th, 2007 by Ian · No Comments
There’s going to be an informal meet-up of members (non-members welcome too) of the Osaka Flickr group this Saturday (16th June). The plan is to meet up at an photo exhibition of Brad Crawford, one of the members of the group. More details here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/osaka/discuss/72157600227522155/ The place where the exhibition will be held is Slice’s [...]
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Vote for your top Japanese beer
June 5th, 2007 by Ian · 6 Comments
Summer has officially started here in Japan so you’ll see a lot of beer gardens and stand-up beer stalls springing up around Osaka. I love the beer stalls, which can be found in station areas like the Hankyu Department Store area. It has almost nothing to do with Osaka but what the heck, vote for [...]
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