tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post3713187999982794662..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Seeing the Sights in OsakaVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-47956504918794158042014-11-12T17:51:26.321+01:002014-11-12T17:51:26.321+01:00Wow - sounds so amazing. Enjoy the adventure!Wow - sounds so amazing. Enjoy the adventure!Catherinehttp://www.facingcancer.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-75804763716453838702014-11-07T15:23:48.098+01:002014-11-07T15:23:48.098+01:00What an adventure!What an adventure!Blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871285356307431578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-8119300005356464342014-11-07T14:18:23.310+01:002014-11-07T14:18:23.310+01:00Interesting about the street names on the sidewalk...Interesting about the street names on the sidewalk -- must be an Osaka thing. Never seen that myself. Actually, most streets in Japan don't have names. Instead, intersections have names. Look up, somewhere on a sign in the intersection or written on the side of a pedestrian overpass, there will usually an intersection name. Usually written only in Japanese, though the big city may be different in this regard.<br />Inaka Nezuminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-47846460297452926722014-11-07T14:10:31.599+01:002014-11-07T14:10:31.599+01:00According to the name plate in your picture, the s...According to the name plate in your picture, the statue is of Takayama Ukon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Justo_Takayama<br /><br />Not a saint yet, apparently, but under consideration.<br /><br />Inaka Nezuminoreply@blogger.com