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Osaka
Japan
Apr 5 — Apr 11
This is the fourth time. She knows the city well enough now that she's stopped explaining it to herself. What she's after is the thing she almost found last time — the gap between the Osaka she remembers and the one that's been quietly rearranging itself without her. Cherry blossom week means crowds everywhere, so she goes earlier in the morning, or later, or to the places that have no reason to be photographed.
Day 1
Sunday — Landing day
Namba
Day 2
Monday — The river light
Fukushima, Nakazakicho
Day 3
Tuesday — Old Osaka underground
Tanimachi, Matsuyamachi
Day 4
Wednesday — Anchor day: the canal
Taisho, Namba
Day 5
Thursday — Market and the merchant city
Kuromon Ichiba, Semba, Honmachi
Day 6
Friday — Anchor day: the shrine before anyone else
Sumiyoshi, Abeno
Day 7
Saturday — Last morning
Fukushima