Aki confirmed that the Japanese sign on this building says, “Western Tea House!”

The beloved and I wanted to try something new this time so we headed for the longest  (2.6 km) shopping street in Osaka: Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street, consisting of some six hundred shops of Japanese food, clothing, souvenirs, specialty shops.

My favorite find was the Western Tea Room:

Eccl 3:13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.