Oh yeah... they definitely love us. This should be enough proof. They're making the fact that we rule too obvious though. I liked things better when they'd just silently wish they were us. 

Area around Nanba station and the Sennichimae shopping street at night. 

Another view. 

View of downtown Umeda from atop the castle. 

A view of Osaka from atop the castle. 

Hideyoshi himself. The man is a local "hero" in Osaka, and the museum in the castle is dedicated to him. They leave out plenty of the horrible things he did, though.  

Close up shot of the castle. 

A picture of the moat surrounding the castle. 

This is me in front of Osaka castle. The thing was built by Osaka's favorite Japanese warlord, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, over 400 years ago. It has since been rebuilt several times. 

An intersection in Midousuji avenue. It reminds me so much of Park Avenue that I get homesick everytime I walk through it.