In last August, I planned a family trip of 10 people to Nagoya, Japan. I had been to Japan before but I had my friends to organize and planned the trip for me. This time I was the tour guide and I needed to plan trip and brought them to the destination. It was very tiring and challenging, but I could experience much more.
Osu Shopping Arcade＆Osu Kannon Temple(大須観音)
We arrived pretty late and most places closed before 5. I decided to bring them to 大須観音 as our first destination because we are all Buddhist. I drop some coins into a money box and asked a local guy how to swing the big rope like what I always see Japanese did on TV.
We then visit the shopping arcade. Most stores started closing at 7 and there is not much left for us to see. We first bought some ice cream, it was delicious. Unlike the regular cone we usually have here, it was pretty soft and sweet. The ice cream melt very fast and we had to finish it soon.
We went to a 100 yen store but my family was obsessed with it. most of the items were made in China and I could not comprehend why wasting time, money and effort carrying it back to buy things we didn't need simply because it was cheaper.
I did buy a few things though. a telescope which I thought I would use it a lot in this trip but turn out to be a mistake. A blue box that you can wear on your neck. super useful to carry the train ticket.
After we came out from the 100 yen store, we saw a long bamboo with water flowing. There should be a Nagashi-sōmen earlier but we missed it.
A giant kitty
at the end of the day, I was searching for the way of payment accepted in Japan convenient store. I was hoping to see things like bitcoin or Nem but I didn't see any.
The only things that I found being closed were bitcash . It seems to be a wallet for JYP like wechat for RMB in China.