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LOST IN TRANSLATION - Chapter 10 Osaka and our last day...

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My visit to Osaka 20 years ago was a memorable one. The blossom was out and petals fell upon me as I climbed up to the castle. I wondered what I would remember of my visit, if anything. That was in March 1997 and here were at the end of October nearly 20 years later. Once again Halloween seemed to be all around us. As for the city street signs , Osaka looked to me like a little Tokyo and even more outrageous for the childlike signs that were around us. No texting while walking...haha! Without seeing this sign, we had got into a womens' wagon!!! We were undecided about what we would do. There had been some talk of going to visit the « largest aquarium » (in the world?). We opted for that. 

Upon arriving at the site, it was obvious that we were in a sort of amusement park. It looked huge but we headed our way across to the Aquarium avoiding the Pokemon « searchers » as we went. This was the first time I had