Because this is one kind of my favorite places- 10.02.15

When I decide where to stay in every place away from home, I always look for its proximity to places that live up to when it’s night. Chances are because when it is day, I can do all visits to ‘the destinations’ but I always long to have this place where I can walk aimlessly when all those are ‘sleeping’. There’s Hongdae in Seoul, Pub Street in Siem Reap,  Beer Street in Ho Chi Minh and Khao San in Bangkok and then there’s DOTONBORI in Osaka.

Again an octopus gaining popularity

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Dotonbori indeed. Good, I was not lost 

(All this time, I thought it was Dotombori just because it was pronounced that way)

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Less crazy part of Dotonbori — but still well-lit

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Imagine us like this

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Because I had this side trip to HEP Five

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And now back to crowd

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Glico man at night

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And a crappy selfie that failed to capture him

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Bright boxes

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Another well-loved (lined up for) place

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Be that Ate

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Eating food like a boss

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That gyoza place I saw earlier

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Too bad I don’t like dessert as much

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After Dotonbori on my way to my hotel is this one for the road beer in a floor-below cafe (art&diner) :