kaiyukan aquarium

it's another day during our vacation in osaka and antonette and i decided to visit osaka's famous kaiyukan aquarium. they're famous for having not one, but two whale sharks. take a look.

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the kanadian in kobe

while staying in osaka over the winter break we decided to take the short train ride over to kobe to meet a popular youtube japan blogger, "busankevin."kevin took us around kobe and showed us some of the cool sights. be sure to check out his cool vidds of kobe. 

below is a 2 part video of the day trip followed by a slideshow. can't watch HD? click here to watch this video in standard definition.

himeji castle, mother of all japanese castles.

antonette and i skipped town and decided to spend a few days in the kansai region. it's pretty far away, but if you take the shinkansen (the bullet train) it's only a 50 min. train ride from nagoya. more footage of that later.

we spent our first day traveling to himeji, a city famous for it's castle. himeji castle is one of twelve japanese castles still standing in their original condition. it's also the largest. below is a 2 part video of the castle followed by a slideshow. take a look.

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