June 19, 2008

Kiyomizu-dera temple & Osaka Castle



This is another UNESCO World Heritage listed site in Japan – Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺, literally means “Pure Water Temple”), one of the oldest Buddhist temple in Kyoto. (Contributor: Wee Lai)

The flamingly beautiful autumn leaves at Kiyomizudera.

Osaka breaking news: A mysterious sighting of a humongous “Spider-crab” making its way up the building…

… and a Singapore tourist had devoured one of those jumbo crab legs!

The magnificent Osaka Castle is one of Japan’s most famous castle popularly visited by thousands during the cherry blossom bloom – hanami or “flower viewing”.

A restaurant in Shinsaibashi, a shopping area in Osaka.

Posted by eunice Posted in Japan, Osaka

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18 Comments

  • ella said on June 19, 2008, 1:42 pm (Permalink)

    wow, beautiful…specially love the autum leaves!

     
  • meimei said on June 20, 2008, 8:23 am (Permalink)

    i agree!!! the autumn leaves!!

     
  • Mon said on June 20, 2008, 1:28 pm (Permalink)

    There is also a UNESCO heritage site here in the Philippines… it is a the whole town of Vigan in Ilocos.

     
  • Mon said on June 20, 2008, 1:31 pm (Permalink)

    The red flaming colors of the trees is indeed a sight to behold.

     
  • Forever HL said on June 20, 2008, 2:15 pm (Permalink)

    arrghh!!!Japan is very beautiful and has many special stuffs lol…..but things there are damn expensive, aren’t they? ^^

    蕾蕾~

     
  • eunice said on June 20, 2008, 6:39 pm (Permalink)

    Yeah! I love the red autumn leaves! The colours are so brillant!

     
  • juler said on June 21, 2008, 12:02 am (Permalink)

    I like the red tress hahaha… it’s cute the ambiance is like valentines day… hmm m that crabs make my mouth to water… Keep it up and continue sharing your wonderful photos of your travel adventure…

     
  • imDavidLee said on June 21, 2008, 1:26 pm (Permalink)

    the spider will only be displayed for temporary? or will they change to other decoration later?

     
  • eunice said on June 22, 2008, 11:40 am (Permalink)

    Oh this I do not know, as no one stays there till they pull down the spider crab.

     
  • ai sha said on June 22, 2008, 3:02 pm (Permalink)

    Osaka spider crap left me mouth-watering.. *speachless* o.O!

     
  • Serene said on June 22, 2008, 3:48 pm (Permalink)

    I so love the autumn leaves >_< So beautiful.. Eek.. Big crab o.O

     
  • Mike said on June 23, 2008, 1:48 am (Permalink)

    Those pictures of the trees are just amazing. What color you got there. I remember seeing that picture of that giant crab on a travel-food show I watch here. I have never had crab before I don’t think. Very nice photos.

     
  • yl said on June 26, 2008, 11:10 pm (Permalink)

    is it autumn over in japan now? too bad i nv get to see tt in may.

    n i saw the crab shop then. but too bad, no chance (or $) to go in. ha

     
  • ms said on April 25, 2009, 8:17 pm (Permalink)

    hey eunice! this is the first time i m reading ur blog, and the pic of the flowers in autumn is amazing! when did u go to japan to be able to catch such scene?:D

     
  • eunice said on April 25, 2009, 11:55 pm (Permalink)

    @ms: hi! I didn’t go Japan. These photos are taken by my sis. She went there during Dec! :)

     
  • MJ said on June 29, 2009, 6:13 pm (Permalink)

    i could not agree more. the autumn leaves in kiyomizudera temple and the rest of kyoto is really beautiful :D good luck on your future travels :D

     
  • David Loo said on July 5, 2010, 11:18 pm (Permalink)

    hi, Eunice,
    The jumbo crab legs u tried in Osaka, Japan cost how much ah?

     
  • eunice said on July 6, 2010, 4:05 pm (Permalink)

    @David: sorry couldn’t answer this! :P cheers…

     

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