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| Chanting outside a Zen temple. |
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| As worshippers approached the mossy statue, they poured water over it. |
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| (zooming in) The knife and the fiery halo make me suspect this is Fudo Myō, the angry-faced Buddhist deity of relinquishing your attachments. |
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| Osaka Castle amid the park-wide "illumination." In Japanese, this word means what Americans would consider "Christmas lights." |
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| View of Osaka from the Floating Garden Observatory. |
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| Olivia got a cute passport of all the major skyscrapers in Japan, with a space to put a stamp once you've visited them. |
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| Adorbs. I loved the blue tennis shoes. |
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| Osaka-jo |
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| The iconic Osaka Castle. |
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| View from the top of Osaka Castle, with a golden "dolphin" in view. |
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| Inside the castle museum, you could dress up like a samurai. From the horns, this guy was going for the deer deity look (deers are sacred symbols in the Shinto religion). |
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| A pet hawk entertaining passersbys outside Osaka Castle. |
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| Is it time to go already?? After one last bite of takoyaki, we packed our bags and took the bus back to the Noto. |
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And so our vacation came to an end.
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