A Day At The ‘Black Door’

After a beautiful outing at Kyoto, we decided to stay put in Osaka to explore a little bit more. Today, we went to Kuromon Market which is not too far from our hotel. It was a cool morning temperature at 12 degrees and feeling fresh and excited, we arrived at the Kuromon Market.

There were so many stuffs in there. The market is pretty big and with different sections. We walked through the market and it was all about food. Yes, as we walked through the narrow and crowded lanes, our eyes were so busy checking out the food the stalls were selling our kids were shouting to us that they want to eat this and that! 

We stopped by to buy the BBQ Eel and it was sooooooooooooo tasty!!! Both girls enjoyed it so much that they requested for another serving. We told them to try other food as we continued our walk. Hubby and I saw the stall selling fresh sashimi and decided to try them. This would be the other best sashimi I tried from Japan. My utmost favourite would be the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo which served up the BEST sashimi that I have ever tasted! Following up was the Kobe beef stick and the crab stick. The Kobe beef was super yummy and tender which the crab stick was pretty much sweet on its own and tasty too.

After tasting so many foods, it’s time to try out their fruits. Hubby bought the Rock Melon and it was heavenly sweet! Little pumpkin loved it so much that she finished up the whole 2 pieces and hubby went to get some more for us to quench our thirst.

As we walked back to the entrance taking the other section, almost all the stalls were selling the same type of stuff but we managed to get the kids try some BBQ squid, sweet potatoes etc. I would say that this visit to Kuromon Market is a pretty fruitful one.

After luncheon, we went to explore the other side of Dontonbori and tried to do some shopping. It was really crowded but managed to get some souvenirs. When we saw the iconic poster for Dontonbori, we tried to imitate the poster for a picture. There were so many people taking the picture of the poster while many others were attracted to the cosplayers. 

Even our kiddos were attracted to them and wanted to take picture with them. They were really nice and friendly when we approached them for a picture taken with the kids. There were even some of them standing at the side hoping that we will ask for picture but they were too scary looking for our kids’ liking. 

Went back to the hotel earlier to rest as we will be heading to Universal Studio Osaka tomorrow! Woohoo!!!