OSAKA - City of Animation

Fun Facts about Osaka

Best pace to experience authentic Japanese Omelette and Takoyaki. There are a lot restaurant encourages you to do the cooking yourself, they will guide you, but for me it is a terrible attempt
If you bring your passport, you can have a 10% tax free discount, it applies to everything, goods, cosmetics, clothes
Osaka is the city that relates to animations the most, probably because of the neon lights and signs and all the colours, no matter where you take the photo, it looks like animation
Octopus is really special in Osaka because Takoyaki was invented in Osaka

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Is it worth to buy Procreate for Architect?

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