As with any day trip, many pictures were taken and these are the "best" ones. The castle was not as cool as I had hoped it to be, but then again it's not like there would be samurai walking around with ninjas lurking on the roof. *sigh*
Photo tour!!
The area surrounding the castle is definitely interesting. It's not every day you see a huge moat in the middle of the city. Makes you kinda wonder what it used to look like before the office buildings and skyscrapers were put in around it. As you can see, the moat is pretty huge. In terms of depth it's a good 20 feet deep at least, so I pity the foo (back in the day) who would try and break in. I suppose it keeps the black knight at though.
The Japanese have a knack for having food stands set up near temples, shrines and...castles. This is usually pretty awesome because they have this one food (the name escapes me at the moment) that's a pick sized pancake filled with red bean or custard. The custard one is obviously the superior puck food. The other thing is seeing some of the more...unusual "snack" foods. They had a guy just straight up grilling some squid. Yeah, it looks hella gross, but I figured it warranted a picture. :) 
Anh was hankering for some squid, so here's an extreme close up! Doesn't it look like a bunch of fingers? ewwwwww.
They have a time capsule! It was buried back in 1970 to be opened 100 years later. I figure it's a smart move. I mean, who won't want 8-track and tie-dye shirts in 2070?
The main attraction! The rest of the grounds were open, spacious and frankly, boring. However, the castle does look pretty cool. Unfortuneately, this is a rebuilt version of the original. Something about the original burning down. My Japanese history is a little fuzzy but if I'm not mistaken it wasn't too long ago...early 1900's?
That's it for Osaka Castle. Kinda blah right? Next update to come shortly. We went to Nara and Ikoma mountain and imho I took some sweeeet pics.
Jaa-ne!
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