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On Sunday we went to Namba again after waking up in the early afternoon after long walking session from station, hangover, five in the morning dog walk and subsequent recollapse into bed. Incidentally the mutt has recently been given a soft (but not soft enough) mouth guard to shut it up in the morning (insert evil laugh here.)

We were on a shopping mission. We went to Americamura in Osaka city centre which is a haven of cheap and trendy shops where the Osakan youth like to buy things and hang out. There is a replica Statue of Liberty high up on one of the buildings in the central area. We went into shop after shop in this area which were selling amazing items for 400 yen or two quid like belts, hats T-shirts and bags. We bought loads. It is a true technicolour area with people walking around in odd assortments of clothes and mostly managing to get away with them.

We ate in an amazing French-cum-Japanese restaurant which cost us about six quid each and sung karaoke in a private room with the free (and almost compulsory) alcoholic teas included for an hour and a half and just over a fiver for the both of us. A quick stop at the Apple store to salivate over the I-pods and then more shopping. We got back late and collapsed into a deep stupor.