In a local Takoyaki restaurant, Hirakatashi, Osaka area.
Sushi... One of the things that are worthy in Japan!

Rounding Sushi restaurant "KaitenZushi" : Sushi plates are on a conveyor belt and the diners just need to pick up their plates from a variety of Sushi.

Here are Nahomu San and me, in  KaitenZushi in Amerika Mura, Osaka's fashionable area.

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Finished.... Look at the amount of dished I have been eating!
The "Dance Machine": Just climb on it and dance according the image on the screen... and that's only one of the crazy entertainment facilities Japan has to offer...

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Trying on a Japanese girl's 20 CM hills boots...

A very fashionable item in here, which make me wonder: HOW THE HELL CAN THEY GO WITH THESE SHOES ??! 

(You can find these shoes in a Sandals and a sports shoes versions, and much higher hills).

Osaka's Underground life:

Umeda Underground town

Osaka's underground train
The 2000 Olympic games are being shown in huge screens in the streets. In this specific shot, it's the women's Marathon race, in which was won by a Japanese.
Only in Japan: a mountain train in the middle of a business center... 
The Japanese play "Go". A strategic game alike Chess. There are halls in which bunch of people play this game. For some reason, there was not a single woman there!
With my wonderful hosts: Kameda Family
With Saori San, In a Japanese Bar in Nihon Bashi.
Karaoke: one of the main Japanese entertainments. Mostly, since it might be embarrassing to sing in public, the Japanese sing Karaoke in a private room, alone or with some friends. There is a huge collections of songs in Japanese and in English. Surprisingly, I found here the song of "HaLev" (Marco,  looking for his mother) and "Nils" (and the Gooses). The Japanese were as surprised to hear it in Hebrew as much as i was surprised to hear it in Japanese...

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And of course.. How can I forget the Pachinko...

A Japanese gambling game, looks like a vertical Pinball. The Japanese are addicted to this game, and I really don't understand why...

(Of course I won nothing in this game, but I really wanted to try...)

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