Harry Potter @ IMAX

There are only 3 IMAX theaters in Japan, 1 of them is in Osaka. I've never been to IMAX before, so I'm not sure what to expect, except for hearing that the screen is big. Osaka's IMAX is at Minoh, 109 Cinemas. I took bus to get there.



109 Cinemas is located in Visola. I like the bridge design. It was such a hoooot day.



The entrance door is so small and cramped with people waiting inside.



The queue wasn't that long, I arrived around 40 min before the movie starts. I've been checking the seats online. Wanted to get it online, but it requires credit card. I don't want to be charged with extra charges, 2200 yen is expensive enough. It seems like lots of people has bought the tickets in advance, but I figured 1 person's seat would be okay.



Everytime I checked the site, this particular seat number always come up. And guess what, it ended up to be the seat I'm getting in the end. ^_^;; Maybe it's the only left?



This one is the brochures I took and given. The glasses to see the 12 minutes special 3D scenes are given at the entrance. I'm not sure why they gave me that sticker. Not sure what movie is that from. They also sell movie pamphlets. I peeked at a person who's flipping it in front of my seat, but I figured it'd be too expensive for 800 yen?



This time, they checked our tickets at 1 gate, hmm. So maybe it's possible to switch around to other theaters? I've never done it back in Aussie, though, but it's possible I guess. The seat is more comfortable than the previous one, but still, narrow!! I was sitting with a couple on my left and right... agggh. And my bag barely fit the chair width. ;_; And also dropped my glasses in the middle of the show, and people turned over and looked at me... ///// After the show, most people also stayed until the credit is over. I ended up staying as well as I need to take the glasses under the seat in front to return it to the staff... orz



After that I wandered around a bit, it's a pretty nice place actually, near the hills, but I don't feel like eating dinner there, and so ended up going home early.



Ice Chai (¥160) that I had for the day, I think I'd prefer it hot.



Bought some dessert for that night (around ¥300) in Visola. The biscuit of the cheesecake was so goood. It must be put to a fridge in 1 hour though, so I quickly rushed home afterwards.



My dinner for that night? Katsu-don, ¥630. Was scared with an old man who sat next to me just after I finished this meal, but the Katsu was so thick and yummy~

Unagi Day

In Japanese, it's called doyo no ushi no hi (土用の丑の日). It falls in the middle of summer. It's one of those tactics by people to sell more of their stuff, and dates back to 2 centuries ago. On this day, you eat Eel (Unagi), and believed that it'd keep you healthy to go through the rest of the hot summer. This year, it falls on 2 days. One of them is 19 July. I had one this afternoon. There has been advertising of the Unagi day since few days ago, in konbini and supermarkets. I don't think they lower the price at all, except for one restaurant I know, 790yen to 690 yen.



In supermarkets, they have special corner for Unagi. This one is the unagi only, not the bento. There are two types, Japanese products and Chinese products. The Chinese one costs half of the Japanese one. There's been cases of food poisoning from Chinese products, hasn't it. Wanted to get the Japanese one, but ended up buying a cheap Unagi nigiri (sushi shaped one), 398yen.



So I'm not sure whether it's a local one or an international one. orz

Instant Yakisoba

Was impressed by how well designed the packaging is.


First, pull the A up till the line and fill in the water.


Then pull the B and slowly pour the water out.


Put in the sauce and aonori. I can even see a bit of green lettuce!! Yumm. Though I think it should be a bit sweeter.

Snacks part 1

Japanese snacks have lots of varieties and well, I'm gonna present just very few of them.


1. Takoyaki flavored potato ring. This is yumm. Reminds me of the Takoyaki Ramune I had last year.


2. Choco banana pocky. Tastes like a snack in Indonesia that I always forget the name.


3. Cheese Potato Soup. Yummmm. Had this for breakfast.


4. Somehow. It doesn't taste as good as normal Cookies and Cream, even though it's Haagen Dazs.


5. Lately there're lots of Evangelion stuff. Well, the new movie's coming. Hmm, actually, what I saw were probably only coffee and ramen. Haha. Also available in can.