Bye Bye Kansai

Sarah and I left the Kansai region for Tokyo. Below is a photo collection of the quirky and cute little things we liked in the area. We will miss you, Kansai!

Airport robot greeting

Owl cafes

Yes they are

Video game-themed convenience store

Sarah in her element

Very special lobster

Star Wars comes to Japan

The deer of Nara

Battery dispenser

Kyoto Police mascot

1-foot thick subway door, maybe for floods?

Small bar with video games

Real-life Mario Karters

Baseball by the bridge

Extra counter space: floor

Zebra hotel

Crepe-mobile

Cat-themed cafe

Beer vending machine

CNN cafe

Gundam cafe

Giant gyoza

Daily Kindergartners stroll past our window

Cabbage stool

Cat rocks…of course

Polly, our house plant. We had to leave her behind (right side)

Perfect parking

Perfect parking #2

Cat-shaped bread

Toilets with faucets

Chocolate factory

$130 fruit basket

Even the corporations are cute

German Christmas Market

So pretty (intricate miniature food models)

No shrine is complete without – capsule toys!

Capsule toy – for cats

Lots of capsule toys

And a capsule hotel

With a manga reading room

Protect clothes in changing room

No idea

Bathroom stall noise generator

I want four of these

Cleanest train station bathrooms

Shoe cleanser for entering airport

Toilet instructions

Back home from a hard day. Ojisan Zukan will miss Osaka.