Friday/ & Osaka Aquarium

Last friday the gang decided to go to the Fire festival in Kyoto which only happens once a year. I was torn between going and studying for my tests this week. But since I knew that Sat. we were going to the Aquarium I stayed home. Luckily for me, Unlucky for them, they got there late and were about a mile away from the actual ceremony. So they didn't see much, but two torches. They didn't get to see the Temple on fire (not really on fire, but the torches ON the temple) so I didn't miss anything.
On Saturday morning we left for the Aquarium, with Tiff this time. YAY! Tiffany usually has club things on Saturdays so I was happy she could come with us. If I said Kobe reminded me of Baltimore, then Osaka Aquarium reminded me on the Inner Harbor even more so. The Aquarium wasn't as big as Baltimore's but it was still REALLY nice and I had fun going through it... up until my camera decided it didn't want to take any more pictures.. T___T I was in a bad mood up until lunch for this reason. We had lunch at this mall place next to the Aquarium. I had my frist Japanese KFC... and it was amazing. Emily got Subway. And I can't remember what everyone else got. After lunch we walked around, found a Hello Kitty store and a Ninja/shinobi store where I bought my geisha doll and two postcards. After we shopped around it was time for our Imax movie. We bought tickets to go see the "Under the Sea' Imax movie. It was in Japanese so we didn't understand it.. but the visuals were great and there was such pleasant music we all got a little sleepy. After the Imax movie we went to buy tickets for the big ferris wheel. It used to be the biggest in the world a few years ago, but it has since been outmatched. Never-the-less, it was HUGE. John was a little scaredy cat so he sat on the floor while the rest of us enjoyed the view of the Sunset from it. After that..we walked to this park, where a sign declared the park was 'Japan's smallest mountain' It was really a hill. We were all confused. We went back to Hirakata for dinner, because we knew the food was cheaper. We ate at a chinese restaurant, and I got Ramen.