It's my favourite humongous friendly rubber duck, really. Surprisingly difficult to photograph, though. By the way, if you happen to go here, there's a really good, inexpensive Indian restaurant in the basement of the building just next to the duck. You can take the stairs from the riverside right to the back entrance.
In other news, we're leaving for our winter holiday in Hokkaido tomorrow morning. Which partly explains my relative silence here - I've been trying to finish up some stuff before we leave. We're going to Akan national park again, then to Sapporo for a couple of nights. It should be a lot of fun; I've been looking forward to this all autumn.
The trees along Nakanoshima are decorated, and there's some hot food stalls and things like that as well. Dress warm; the wind along the river is freezing.
There's some Christmas-themed displays as well. We only got this far before the cold got the better of us, so I don't really know what it looks like towards the City Hall.
One guy brought his parrot for a photo shoot. He had a padded cage and only brought it out for a minute or so. My guess is, he's making a New Year's card.
I took my younger son to see the duck last time it was in Osaka, thanks to your blog, and we ended up having a great day out on Nakanoshima. Thank you! It's good to know it's back, and in such a seasonal mood.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but just seeing this duck gives me a big smile on my face. I'm happy to hear other people like it too!
ReplyDeleteaww what a cute duck! i wish i was there! the light show looks fun! i've been to that indian restaurant twice! it's truly delicious. i can't remember what it's called. but the best indian food ever.
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