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On our last day in Osaka, we wandered around the block from the hotel and ended up in Osaka Station City, a large shopping mall.
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We visited Namba City, next to Namba Station, and then walked to Namba Parks, another huge shopping centre with an interesting architecture.
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Namba Walk is an underground mall that looks like it has seen better days. They have a Hello Kitty spring promotion so we took photos.
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Day 1 in Osaka. We walked around the Shinsaibashi area, starting from Midosuji towards Amerikamura, then Europe-dori and the shopping street.
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Last day in Singapore! It was raining very heavily, so we decided to take the MRT and visit Orchard Road, the famous shopping district.
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Suntec City is one of Singapore’s largest malls and shopping destination nestled in the heart of the bustling Marina Bay precinct.
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Shinjuku (新宿区) has been a major secondary center of Tokyo and a commercial hub full of skyscrapers and retail shops.
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Character Street is a row of shops selling toys based on various character themes, located underground in Tokyo Station.
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We travelled from Hiroshima to Osaka and arrived around 3pm. We checked into the Ritz Carlton and spent the afternoon exploring the area.
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Venus Fort is a completely over the top shopping centre in Palette Town, Odaiba, designed to look like a medieval European town.
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Palette Town is a shopping mall and entertainment complex containing a giant red ferris wheel plus Toyota's showcase centre (Mega Web).
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After visiting Osaka, we explored various places in Umeda before heading back to the hotel and packing for our trip to Tokyo tomorrow.
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The Kiddyland at Umeda is not as big as the Tokyo flagship store, but the goods are nicely arranged and it was easy to find things.
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The Donguri Republic is a store selling character goods and plush toys. We had a lot of fun here browsing and gaping at the merchansdise.
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Umeda ("plum field") is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district, and the city's main northern railway terminus.
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From Shibuya, we took train back to Shinjuku and explored the south side, as well as the side closest to our hotel.
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Shibuya is famous for the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, the statue of a loyal dog, and stylish fashion stores for young women.
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Akihabara is a suburb full of stores that specialise in electrical goods. Also known as Electric Town, it has everything an otaku wants.
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We had dinner at a ramen shop near the station. After dinner, we wandered around Shinjuku at night - particularly Electric Street (電気街).
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Harajuku has been epitomised in popular culture as a hang-out for rebellious Japanese teenagers with their own fashion style.
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Shinjuku is a major commercial and administrative centre with many skyscrapers, and the busiest railway station in the world.