Google Maps prematurely says “You have reached your destination” one building away from the actual Owl Cafe. [Map] If this hasn’t been corrected and the building in front of you doesn’t look like an owl cafe, walk a little further and look for these signs: Ow..live owls stay in round-the-clock airconditioning in ho(o)t 😅Osaka’s Happy…
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Osaka: Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce
“Co-existence of greenery, architecture, and human beings” is the concept of Gaetano Pesce-designed Organic Building, completed in 1993 to embody the corporate ideal of Oguraya Yamamoto Co., Ltd. Its shiny terra cotta-coloured facade has protruding steel-encased concrete planters which nurture over 50 varieties of plants irrigated by a computer-controlled hydrating system in a Vertical Garden…
Rokkosan Part 2: Alpine Botanical Garden
Rustic botanical garden at Rokkosan. The Gardener who designed this is brilliant 😍 Thank You Lord for these beautiful flowers, trees, mountain, brooks. So refreshing to be in the midst of this beautiful garden. John 15: 1 NIV [Jesus said,] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.”
Rokkosan Part 1: Rokko Garden Terrace
From Arima Onsen station, you can take the cable car to go up Mount Rokkosan (Rokko Sancho Station). From the top of Rokkosan, you can see a panoramic view of Kobe and Osaka. There is a Japanese version of Peter Rabbit mascot at the garden. and you can find him at the bus as well!…
Arima Onsen 1: The Lodge Arima Resort
After surviving the fast-paced crowd walks in train stations and shopping hallways in nearby busy cities, Japan also has these sweet blissful havens surrounded by nature where you can detoxify and chillax 🙂 Case in point… Kobe is the sixth largest city in Japan but behind its famed Mount Rokko, the historical hot spring town…
9 Hours in Osaka
Arashiyama! Immediately, it was on top of my wish list as soon as I found out I was going to tag along in Osaka. Yay! 🙂 I had missed it on prior trips so I got excited to do something new. But as this particular trip unfolded, the beloved expressed more than three times that…