So after spending half a day on the train and getting the wrong directions by two different people we decided to give up on our origional plan of going to an aquarium and just do the onsen thing. Seeing as a couple blocks to us the worlds largest onsen is. Its weird such a nice place is located in such a rough neighborhood. Apparently we are staying in the ghetto of Osaka. Everywhere we have been in Japan so far you could lick off the ground its so clean they even have people scrubbing the cement flooring of the train station. But here where we are staying now its quite the opposite and the guy who helped us find our hostel a guy from Africa I'll add tells us to be careful because this neighborhood is dangerous. Now coming from a guy from Africa I took this very seriously. Anyways so we go in the Onsen. Here you can not keep your clothes on or where a swim suit...nothing! I just want to add its a very Japenese thing to do and Stacey did all the things I wanted to do so I had to humour her. Now what was hilarious is Stacey and I were going to try and scam our way through it and just keep our towels on and whip them off just before we got in the Onsen but the lady working there spotted us and actually made us give up our towels right then and there! The only thing we were allowed was a towel a little bigger than a face cloth!! Stacey and I were very bashful and giggling like stupid girls but near the end I guess we just went with it. Not comfortly I will add! We basically just chaulked it up to what happens in the Onsen stays in the Onsen and you dont look and neither will I! It was very nice and relaxing. There were several different types of Onsens to choose from the water is very beneficial for your health. Each one served a different purpose and after leaving my skin felt so soft and I felt so relaxed and since it was so close to where were staying it was nice to not have to mess with the trains. Tomorrow were going to try the Aquirium again.
