There is Japan, and then there is Osaka! This is like going from Bebek to Beyoglu on steroids, Bath to central Newcastle on a friday night, Boston to Times Square on New Year’s Eve.

Osaka is the younger, less well dressed, noisier Japan. One street is a glitzy Champs Elysees and then running parallel and criss crossing it mad streets full of : people, cheap food stalls, second hand clothes stores, karaoke bars, overly bright convenience stores, slot machine where you win a cuddly toy and streets full of mad building height neon signs. It’s all quite fabulous, but did no one tell them there is a climate emergency!