Triangle Park

Down among the pots and tree planters in Triangle Park, there was a small statue of a Hindu deity. I think it's Lakshmi, goddess of luck and prosperity.

I think.

Coincidence!

Today.
Triangle Park, Ame-mura, Shinsaibashi, Osaka.

There is a mysterious crowd, hanging out and watching the building with the big TV screen. There are crowd control people, keeping the general public away from the front of the shop there. There are people with t-shirts, bags, etc. from a band called An Cafe, which is a band I actually know and like.

I decide to hang out and see what's going on.


2 PM. There is a rush of excitement from the crowd. The screen is showing an ad for An Cafe's new single (which will be released in August). They play through one entire song in the ad, to much cheering and clapping and exclamations of "kawaii!" ("cute!").



The video ad ends. The video screen slowly raises. (I didn't know it could do that.)

Standing in the second story of the building are the members of An Cafe, wearing cute summer yukata. (For the record, they are all guys. Even the one in pink.) There is more cheering. They talk about their new CD and their next concert in Osaka (which is free! but unfortunately it's also after I leave). Then the screen goes down again and it is over.


...until they come out and got into the van that's waiting. Then there is more screaming and cheering and waving. Also, the distribution of free postcards by staff people.

See? Postcard! (image from their website):


Hooray for coincidence!

Let's go shopping!

If there was a neat shopping center like this nearby, wouldn't you want to go?

Triangles

Apologies for yesterday...I was at school really late, then I had errands to run and I got home late, and I just didn't remember about uploading a picture...oops.

In penance, I bring you three views of Triangle Park in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.




(You might recognize the bunny/boy statue in the last shot from Saturday ^_~ )

Triangle Park

This is Triangle Park in Shinsaibashi, Osaka...complete with graffitied boy-looking-at-bunnies statue.

Big Step

Last Shinsaibashi picture for now...this is Big Step, the shopping area from whence the previous two pictures were taken. Complete with futuristic capsule elevators (you can see them on the left).

The other side

Shinsaibashi, looking down the same street as in the last post, in the opposite direction.


I wonder - are these pictures interesting to someone who has never been to Shinsaibashi? (I hope so.)

Shinsaibashi

And...we're back in Osaka! It's only 3 weeks into May, and I've already finished with my Golden Week pictures!
(Although if I run out new pics to post, I reserve the right to show more of the Ghibli Museum ^_~ )


This is part of Amemura (short for America Mura, or America Village) in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. This is where all the cool kids hang out. Aside from all the used clothing/Levi's stores (and perhaps the "cool" image), it seems to have very little to do with America.

Shinsaibashi!

I forgot my camera today...so you get a cell phone picture :p



This is Shinsaibashi, the cool hang-out/shopping area for young people in Osaka. Crowded!

Also - happy daylight saving time for those in the USA!