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One of the recordings from the Osaka Museum. Each level of the museum was incredibly interactive and had a wide variety of mediums in their displays so that the views would not only feel engaged, but that they would also be able feel more immersed in…

This was one of the gay bars that we attended. The most advertised queer bars would often play music that was in English, same with most tourist locations. It is hard to tell that whether or not the music is to cater to tourists or if it is simply…

The bunraku theatre is a long practiced art of story telling with the use of large, detailed puppets. The story telling is extremely expressive as the male puppets are able to make facial expressions, the female puppets have more control over hand…

Considering the significance of the bunraku theatre performance, the theatre decided to make a side museum in decidaction to the history of the art. The museum details how it began, information about the use of puppets and different elements being…

Each of the different subway lines have different jingles that are associated with each of them. Since many places in Japan already had Christmas decorations up, there were even a few that were probably seasonal jingles that were made for this reason…

Many locals are quiet while using public transport, as a way to show respect and to not disturb the peace. This is really important, considering that the main thing I learned through my interviews with people who live(d) there was that you were…

Small, coin laundry mats were very easy to find around the hotel areas on Google Maps, but they were a little tucked away. The building was small, they made it very away that they were surveiling you with the four flashing cameras and the monitor…

There was construction happening on the road outside of the shrine. Despite the road hardly being large enough for one car, they continued to work on the road with their equipment and keep enough room for pedestrians to walk past and walk into the…

There are a couple of different sounds that can be heard at the corsswalks for the beepers. There were two crosswalks in the smaller parts of Shin-Osaka that did not make a sound, a few that made simpler beeping noises like this one, and then the…

One of the most popular super markets in Japan is a place called DonQuijote. They have their own theme song that will play in the tightly packed store about every five minutes or less. The aisles are so packed and full of noise that it can become…