Living in Osaka Blog

A couple of months back, all the park swings in Osaka were taken away because of safety issues.  There had been accidents involving the swings and although safety checks were promised they weren’t carried out.  After another accident and a public outcry, all the swings were taken away for checks.  Word at the time was [...]

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There must be more than one but I haven’t found any others.  It is located at the end of DenDen Town and points to the area around the Tsutenkaku Tower. No, it won’t be any use if you are hoping to spot cute girls around Osaka but it is controllable and it is live.  You’ll [...]

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I have two jobs, I am an Information Architect and I am also a public school teacher.  One of the projects for a 2nd year class last year was to design a poster promoting an area of Japan.  To give the students some help and reference, I designed an example piece based on Osaka. When [...]

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It’s always sad to see someone leave Osaka, I have so many friends that have left after 2-3 years.  It is also a real pain in the butt for them to get rid of their stuff.  So I’ve been thinking of adding a new section to the site for everyone to advertise their sayonara sales.  [...]

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I’ve added a couple of links to the sidebar, quite a few of you recommended An Englishman in Osaka as a funny read. I’m still looking for more Osaka related blogs or Flickr photo-sets so keep on sending suggestions in. 

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I’ve been neglecting the link list down the side of this blog for too long. I need to show it a little love and add some good links. Do you know of any good sites or blogs on Osaka that I can add to the link list? Or do you have a blog that you [...]

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