MONOPOLY madness

I laughed when I spotted this Osaka version of Monopoly in a Namba souvenir shop. It felt like the Osaka spirit standing tall with absolute pride.

Just the other evening, I was giggling with some deep Osaka friends retired, who I was sharing a beer with after school at a lovely old pub in Mino. They kept joking around about 'that's an Osaka thing', or 'that word originates in Osaka', or 'that only happens in Osaka, not Kyoto'. They were so open in their absolute certainty that Osaka was the place to be. That Osaka had the pulse of everything real. That having been born in Osaka made them extra special somehow. It was so sweet to witness.

I always do that when I talk about Australia. I know I do it for Osaka too.

Try the Biliten shop in Shin Sekai for fabulous Osaka goods creative.

http://www.biriten.net/ (in Japanese)

There is another gift shop on the corner just near Junkudo Book Store in Namba that has all things fun too.

大阪好きやねん。I love Osaka.