{"id":11881,"date":"2026-10-28T15:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:03:44","slug":"japan-fall-2026-day-8-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=11881","title":{"rendered":"Japan Fall 2026: Day 8 (Osaka)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I felt kind of tired when I got up today. I chalked it up to being relaxed about not having to pack and move onto a new spot. Turns out I was\u00a0<\/p>\n

For breakfast we went to the Osaka coffee shop where I ate all my breakfasts when I came in April. It was tasty and I was hungry, as you can kind of see here.<\/p>\n

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Mariko wanted some \u201ctraffic safety\u201d amulets, or more accurately, stickers from a shrine so I took her to Sumiyoshi Taisha, one of the Grand Shrines. There\u2019s the arched taiko bashi leading to the entrance.<\/p>\n

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And this is one of several main shrines.<\/p>\n

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We kind of took the scenic route back to the Abeno\/Tennoji area. I kind of like walking in the area since it\u2019s kinda Showa Era \u201cish\u201d.<\/p>\n

We did some shopping and at some point I started feeling kinda meh. I felt better (still tired) after lunch I was able to convince Mariko to go to Mos Burger. I didn\u2019t have my regular Mos Burger but had the tobikiri (exceptional) cheese burger where the patty is 100% Japanese beef and sticks out the sides. The Mos Burger is still my favorte but this was quite good.<\/p>\n

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On the way back to the hotel I promised Mariko I\u2019d buy her an ichigo daifuku. She wanted one yesterday but I recommended against it and mentioned it again today. The kid selling it was a crack up and we bought one with white bean paste, one with white bean paste and whipped cream, and one with seasonal fruits (the big one in the middle). All the fruit was incredibly sweet. The seasonal fruits were a giant purple grape with mikan and Japanese pear.<\/p>\n

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I thought I was too full for dinner, but the fruit digested pretty quickly. We went to Grill Ron (a regular stop) a spot my brother-in-law called unusually good. The menu is quite straightforward and I had the A set with a 100% beef hamburg. Every part is slightly better than normal, enough where it shows why there\u2019s always a line for the small restaurant.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s about it for the day. Tomorrow we\u2019ll see our cousins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I felt kind of tired when I got up today. I chalked it up to being relaxed about not having to pack and move onto a new spot. Turns out I was\u00a0 For breakfast we went to the Osaka coffee shop where I ate all my breakfasts when I came in April. It was tasty and I was hungry, as you can kind of see here. Mariko wanted some \u201ctraffic safety\u201d amulets, or more accurately, stickers from a shrine so I took her to Sumiyoshi Taisha, one of the Grand Shrines. There\u2019s the arched taiko bashi leading to the entrance. And this is one of several main shrines. We kind … Continue reading Japan Fall 2026: Day 8 (Osaka)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11882,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions\/11882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}