🧳🇯🇵🧳 OSAKA, JAPAN - April 1, 2019 - Last day shopping, TOTO toilets and farewell

Hectic it was. I spent the last day doing some shopping and trying to relax from a hectic schedule of touring. It was not to be. Tired feet from walking too much and wandering around streets and malls. The weather was really mixed with wind cold and occasional rain and sun.

Protesters?

A reminder that bicycles are everywhere downtown Osaka and many places have separate lanes ... on the sidewalk!

Hmmm

And Osaka is Japan’s food capital. One must buy item is Uncle Rikuro’s Cheezecake. Usually cues are there to buy this treat!

At 725 ¥ ($C8.69) and quite large ... good value. Certainly enough for 2-3 people. While cheezecake is not my thing, I can say it was tasty, light and filling!

Vending machines everywhere 

 Vintage wagons used as flower boxes ... hmmm a closer look?

From flowers to toilets. I’ve posted about this before, but arguably one of the finest inventions of the last century was TOTO corporation’s invention of the Washlet toilet. For ones daily functions you have state of the art toilet. Warm seat, sanitizer, deodorant, drying AND the magic wand that sprays warm water in those orifices that require it. Makes the whole necessary part of daily life a much better experience. TOTO is the largest maker of toilets in the world. Based in Japan but now manufactured worldwide. TOTO rules !

It’s the end of my third trip to Japan. I enjoyed it very much. Despite being expensive in some areas, it scores a solid 81% in my scoring and rates high for food, nature, rich Japanese tradition and magnificent sights. Finally, a few of the faces along the way ...