Downtown Temple

Today we are going downtown to Osaka's business district. The Sakura trees still blooming (in plalces).

Lets walk along the shopping arcade.

Theres a lot of strong advertising around.

And even some giant Chinese lamps.

Mac D's is still performing well.


A bit further down the shopping arcade, we find ....

... Rilakuma san again!

Here he is being employed to market a game center which is focused on playing for cuddly toys. But he is doing it in a fairly relaxed way:

You can also win a Snoopy san.

And a Capibara san. Forget Las Vegas - no wonder their real estate is going down!

But wait a second. Whats this? An "open air temple"?

Take another look.

Yes, in fact there is a temple, but a lot of it is in a thoroughfare between some big buildings.

This is where people hang wooden boards with their wishes for the year:

It even has its own citrus tree:

Now that is fairly cool.