Makin' moves across the globe: Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Himeji

So, we've left Kyoto and we have spent the last few days staying in Osaka. It's been good because we have been able to do day trips to other nearby cities including Nara, Kobe and Himeji. We have been a bit overloaded with all the walking and visiting old historic temples, shrines and castles. There are so many designated world heritage sites so we tried our best to see them but you can't really see them all.

Osaka turned out to be a crazy city with lots of everything. Im sure its not as hectic as Tokyo but it does have all the components of a large city.. Including homeless people!! And they all seem to sleep on the same street as our budget hostel. We definetly picked a place in the seedy side of town.

Nonetheless, we've had some really good sushi, seen the local punk groups, observed geishas roaming through town, and been to cool little used video game shops with all the vintage systems (Derek likes!!).