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MShades

MShades


8 places I want to go   20 places I've been
  2. 1. Mibudera
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Kyōto-fu: Kyoto
    		Worth it
  3. 2. Okayama
    Japan: Honshu: Chūgoku: Okayama-ken
    		Worth it
  4. 3. Okayama Castle
    Japan: Honshu: Chūgoku: Okayama-ken: Okayama
    		Worth it
  5. 4. Engyoji
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Hyōgo: Himeji
    		Worth it
  6. 5. Himeji
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Hyōgo
    		Worth it
  7. 6. Shiga
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki
    		Worth it
  8. 7. Otsu
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Shiga
    		Worth it
  9. 8. Shinsekai
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Ōsaka-fu: Osaka: Naniwa-ku
    		Worth it
  10. 9. Tennoji Zoo
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Ōsaka-fu: Osaka: Tennoji
    		Worth it
  11. 10. Kanazawa
    Japan: Honshu: Chūbu: Ishikawa
    		Worth it
  12. 11. Kobe
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Hyōgo
    		Worth it
  13. 12. Osaka
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Ōsaka-fu
    		Worth it
  14. 13. Dotonbori Bridge
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Ōsaka-fu: Osaka: Naniwa-ku: Namba: Dotonbori
    		Worth it
  15. 14. Kyoto
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Kyōto-fu
    		Worth it
  16. 15. New York City
    United States: New York State
    		Worth it
  17. 16. Washington, D.C.
    United States: District of Columbia
    		Worth it
  18. 17. Farmington
    United States: Connecticut
    		Worth it
  19. 18. Japan
    Asia
    		Worth it
  20. 19. Nara
    Japan: Honshu: Kinki: Nara-ken
    		Worth it
  21. 20. Hartford
    United States: Connecticut
    		Worth it

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Hartford, Connecticut

The insurance capital!

Okay, that’s not much of a selling point. But Hartford has a good music and arts scene, from what I recall – the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Hartford Symphony, and a whole host of small clubs and bars where you can hear live music. On the outskirts of the city, there’s tons of places of historical interest….

over 7 years ago

Tennoji Zoo, Tennoji

The orangutan's staring at me...

Near Shinsekai, and attached to Tennoji Garden, the Zoo is a large, diverse zoo in the heart of Osaka. It has a lot of animals – the nocturnal house is recommended, and see if you can catch the hyenas sizing up small children.

Like all zoos, there’s a certain element of sadness in this place. You really don’t like to see the tigers pacing up and down in their cages, or the elephant rocking back and forth like it’s having a nervous breakdown, or the orangutang staring at you like it’s wondering why you’re on the other side of the bars. But that’s every zoo, I think….

over 7 years ago

Shinsekai, Naniwa-ku

Mmm... fried food...

The first thing you smell is grease. Heavy, deep frying grease. That’s because you’re in Shinsekai, where the most popular food is “kushikatsu” – deep fried stuff on a stick. If you can put it on a stick and deep-fry it, you can make it into kushikatsu.

There are a lot of stores selling suspiciously low-priced merchandise, game parlors, and the famous Tsutenkaku tower – make sure to rub Billiken’s feet for luck!

over 7 years ago
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