A Day in Osaka

I went out to Osaka for most of the day on Sunday. I've never been out to downtown Osaka before, so it was interesting. Felt like any downtown office area in the States. There weren't a lot of people since it was the weekend, so there was a relaxed feel to it.

I saw something unbelievable while I was there. At first, I thought maybe it might just be a decoration, but then, it started to move, so I stared harder and realized it was real! What did I see? It was a small dog riding on the back rack of a bike! Now, if it were in a basket or something like that, I wouldn't have been so surprised, but then, it was just laying down "holding on" for dear life on the flat rack that's usually used to tie your belongings onto. The rack is about the size of a box of tissue, so imagine how odd the dog looked riding on the back of the bike. It was quite an unsual sight. Wish I could've taken a picture of it!

I went into an electronic store that was EIGHT stories high. Uh, I was shocked at how big the place was. You could probably find just about every and anything electronic at that store. What more, in every available space, there were advertisements, which was quite overwhelming! Made me dizzy.

A strange sight there was, there were salespeople sitting atop a ladder about 6 feet high and I thought they were probably changing the light bulb. But then, I realized they were spread out all over the floor in the same fashion. I soon found out what they were doing! The salespeople started shouting at the top of their lungs about whatever products they were promoting. Wow, what a way to sell something, huh? So at this electronic store, they have millions of products, they have twice that many advertisements hanging from the ceiling and taped to the walls, and they have salespeople sitting atop ladders yelling and promoting products. Quite overwhelming!