umi no hi: shirahama
Posted At: Thu 13 Jul 2006	Posted By: Derek Nobuyuki信幸 Wallace
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 Shirahama Beach for Umi No Hi [0:40m]: Play Now

We went to the beautiful Shirahama Beach to celebrate Umi No Hi (Beach Day), a Japanese National Holiday.

Shirahama beach has great white sand beaches (imported from australia), and onsen =)

Sorry, I don’t have any of my japanese photos up yet (except for the ones used for GeoCoding), so i can’t post any shirahama photos here… but check out these two posts on the Osaka-Daze blog:
shi-ra-ha-ma-aka-our-beach-vacation and photos they posted up from the onsen we stayed at (View Discretion is Advised)

Welcome to Osaka!
Posted At: Sat 1 Jul 2006	Posted By: Derek Nobuyuki信幸 Wallace
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 The Shinkansen [0:52m]: Play Now

shinkansen still takes 3 1/2 hours from Tokyo… and that’s on the fastest shinkansen…

Shinsaibashi covered market… there are sooo many covered market areas in Osaka.. and many underground ones as well

The famous dotonburi canal

Super Fugu (Dotonburi)

Urban Garden on top of a mall (Namba Parks)

An icon of Ame-Mura (aka Amerikan Mura aka Amerkan Village), a young trendy area