A Visit to Nintendo Store Osaka
Last week I finally achieved a goal and made it in to Osaka to visit the Nintendo Osaka store. It opened last November but for a long time it was very, very hard to get into — it was so popular that they limited entry using timed tickets, and...
Cup Noodles Museum
One of Osaka’s many claims to fame is that it was, in 1958, the birthplace of instant ramen. Invented by Momofuku Ando to help provide a steady supply of food to the Japanese population post-WWII, instant ramen — and then, in the 1970s, cup noodles — quickly became popular,...