What we couldn't see from our balcony was on the other side of the ship, where we were getting off, was a giant ferris wheel! Mum just loves ferris wheels. I had asked her to go on the one yesterday at Kobe and she said a definite NO so I had no hopes with this one. It was much bigger and was actually listed as one of the tallest in the world. Imagine the views mum!
We grabbed our Yen and passport copies and off we went. No delays getting off the ship today. I think lots of people must have being doing tours or had gotten off as soon as we docked and had the all clear.
As we were walking passed the giant ferris wheel mum says, if you want to go on it I'll go. OK. I didn't give her a chance to change her mind! Straight to the wheel, bought our tickets and on we go. They did ask if we wanted the all glass cabin but mum gave a definite NO to that, I didn't want to push it. Any cabin on the ferris wheels was good enough for me!
The views were incredible and mum did really well even if she did sit on the floor the whole time. The ride went for about 15 minutes and gave me plenty of time to get some awesome photos of the ship and the surrounding area.
After we got of the wheel and mum got her jelly legs under control we decided to get a train and see if we could find Osaka Castle. We did manage to get our tickets and find the right platform plus a couple from our China tour saw us and asked where we were planning on going. They'd been there yesterday doing a ship tour so knew which station to get off at. It's always a bit comforting to know that you're on the right train and going in the right direction!
After a 20 minute train trip we found our way to the Osaka Castle exit and even managed to find some toilets. They were heated too, very fancy.
Osaka Castle is a very popular place and the grounds are massive. We didn't actually go to the castle itself but saw a lot of it's walls and moats and got a photo of it through the trees. We came across a couple of food stands and bought a sweet red and white bean paste and custard waffle/pancake thingy. Good. 300 yuan, about 60c.
Back to Osaka train and hopefully we'd get off at the right station. We did but it was an accident, we actually thought we were getting off a station earlier than the one we'd got on but nope, it was the one we'd used earlier. At least we knew where we were!
We headed back towards to ship and went into the shopping centre near the dock. We didn't end up buying anything.
Back on board and time for something to eat. We went to the Two70 cafe and just had something light to eat. That pancakey thing was filling.
Halloween is tomorrow and the ship was being decorated ready for the party tomorrow night. They did a great job although I wasn't a fan of the huge spiders!
We left Osaka at 4pm, it was a beautiful sailaway with the sun setting as we sailed out.
Another yummy dinner in the main dining room.
Tomorrow: Yokohama, arrival time 12.30pm
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