Pictures of Osaka

Richard Bonomo is back from Japan with lots of cool pictures.  For example, did you ever wonder what Osaka looked like?  Here is a view showing the castle:

And here is the same scene at night:

And here are some views from the castle's main tower:

Did you ever wonder what a Lutheran hotel in Japan would look like?  Then you are in luck!  Rich has some pictures of that too!

And how about a Catholic church in Japan?  Did you ever wonder about that?  Here Rich has also helped us out with pictures of Osaka's cathedral.

Our Lady of Fatima (with cycads - swoon!)

The exterior

The Blessed Sacrament chapel

The main church

An added note:  Rich did not have cell phone service in Kyoto when he was there two years ago, nor did he have service in Tokyo this week.  But in Osaka he had service and even got two text messages welcoming him to Japan... in English!  Gotta love that.

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