Dotonbori: Glico Man and Cheese Coins

To Osaka

Kyoto to Osaka on the train. Liang lasted about five minutes.

We dropped our bags at Hotel The Flag Shinsaibashi and walked down the Shinsaibashi arcade, a covered shopping street that goes on forever.

Dotonbori

Then out at the canal at Dotonbori, with all its giant signs.

First snack: a 10-yen coin, Osaka style. It’s a pancake shaped like the ¥10 coin, filled with stretchy cheese. ¥1,000 for two.

Glico Man

Along the canal.

The Glico Running Man is the photo everyone wants, and there’s a little stage where you can do the pose with him behind you.

And one more, because once is never enough.

The signs keep going: Glico, the crab, and Spider-Man climbing up a building for some reason.

Onward to the onsen!