Japan Feb.9 - Feb.15, 2002 [Japan Gallery]

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The Sixth Day ...

• Universal Studio Japan, Osaka
  Universal Studio is one of our most important stop in our trip. The kids have been complaining about seeing too many temples. Although it was not a holiday in Japan, there were still a lot of people in the Universal Studio and we had to wait for a long line for some of shows/rides.

The Last Day ...

• Osaka Castle (大阪城 )
  The Osaka Castle was built at the end of the 16th century by Toyotomi Hedeyoshi (豐臣秀吉), a well-known warlord who brought the whole country under his rule late in the same century. It was burned down in a series of battles in the 17th century and reconstructed later. Again it was destroyed by fire, its donjon (天守閣) only reduced to ashes this time. The donjon was reconstructed at length early in the 20th century. My parents and I went up to the observation platform on the top level and took a brief look at the museum inside the castle while others still stayed on the ground to play and feed pigeons.

Going Home ...

We went to Osaka Kansai International Airport (關西國際機場) and flied back to Taiwan at about noon. All of us felt that 7 days were too short and passed to fast. Since the most itinerary was adapted for my family, we had a very flexible and relaxed trip although I don't like Japanese food at all and I didn't have too much time to take some serious photos as I usually did when I traveled (no time to setup a tripod, no time for sunset, etc.). I was glad that I brought my new Canon G2 in addition to the Canon SLR (A2) camera/lenses with me. Canon G2 was proven to be a compact high-qualiy digital camera which I always took it with me all the time for most family snapshots and even some landscape photos. I'm looking forward to our next family trip.

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