Osaka, the GRE, and the ride to Tokyo
I went to Osaka to take the GRE for graduate school. The ride there was pretty nice and it Osaka was a lot closer than I imagined. Kyoto was about a 40 minute ride and Osaka another 20 minutes or so by bullet train. I made a mistake though as I sat in the smoking car on the way there. I was so dumb because on the way back to avoid the smoking car I got a reserved ticket, but because I didn’t read the Japanese well I booked a reserved smoking seat ticket.
Anyway the test went well and I just walked around the town for about an hour looking for a restaurant that my friend suggested. I found it, but it was closed so I ate a ramen shop and it was really good. I bought small omiyage for the lab and I arrived back in Nagoya by evening.
That night I took the midnight bus to Tokyo with other church members to go to the Tokyo temple. Let me tell you there is a huge difference between the bus and shinkansen.
I went to Osaka to take the GRE for graduate school. The ride there was pretty nice and it Osaka was a lot closer than I imagined. Kyoto was about a 40 minute ride and Osaka another 20 minutes or so by bullet train. I made a mistake though as I sat in the smoking car on the way there. I was so dumb because on the way back to avoid the smoking car I got a reserved ticket, but because I didn’t read the Japanese well I booked a reserved smoking seat ticket.
Anyway the test went well and I just walked around the town for about an hour looking for a restaurant that my friend suggested. I found it, but it was closed so I ate a ramen shop and it was really good. I bought small omiyage for the lab and I arrived back in Nagoya by evening.
That night I took the midnight bus to Tokyo with other church members to go to the Tokyo temple. Let me tell you there is a huge difference between the bus and shinkansen.
Tsukemen at Osaka. It’s like ramen, but you dip the noodles in the soup and eat it. If you just throw everything in the soup I guess it’s exactly like ramen. The bugga was grinds! I wanted to stay in Osaka longer but maybe next time.
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