If you look through my blog or my flickr stream, you will see that whilst there are plenty of pictures of rust, temples and statues, there are very few photos of the people of Osaka.
This is a great shame as the people of Osaka, especially the ones that hang around the Americamura and nearby Shinsaibashi areas of Osaka are very unique. Colourful, loud and original.
I`m too much of a coward to go up to people and stick a camera in their face so I used my broken camera that I fixed with an elastic band and held it at hip height and took pictures.
I was mostly surprised as some of the shots came out better (albeit a little dark on occasion) than if I had taken the time to frame and compose them.
However Reiko thinks the next stop is up women`s underwear.
Yeah, Osakans have such a reputation for being louder and more colourful, and it’s true!
My Japanese relatives are from Osaka and they are much more outgoing than people I know in Tokyo. I always compare Tokyo with Britain (more reserved) and Osaka with the USA (more showy).
Louder and more colourful goes for the clothes too! Does everyone want to look like yakuza, or are they all actually yakuza down the back of the market streets??
You’ve definitely been in Japan too long if you can be accused of getting into the photos-of- knickers thing- surely that’s uniquely Japanese. I’ve stopped reading certain Shonen manga just in case it is catching, though…