The Runner - city symbol. Been hanging here since the Olympics
Hat from Don Quijote
Public urinator. I saw a guy peeing in this exact same spot on the main street in 2023
Cow runner
Sausage man
Takoyaki shop. These are dough balls with octopus inside
More takoyaki
Racers with splayed-out wheels - it's supposedly trendy
Red-light district - the only surviving one in Japan. Girls in cosplay sit in their own little houses and wave at passersby. No photos allowed inside, but you can find them at Varlamov's if you want https://varlamov.ru/2587415.html
The first Metal Gear being sold at Mandarake. That's about 18k rubles
Cosplay of the famous bar bunny girl
Bunny ears. To be worn with a tuxedo 😏
Entrance to Osaka's bar district
Dragon crawling
Violin?
View from the hotel
Sunset
Dinosaur in a sombrero hanging out with a xenomorph
Mobile cell towers
Dude in a jacket with a built-in fan. Looked for a similar one the whole trip - all sold out. Police, construction workers, delivery guys - everyone wears these
The expo queue was enormous and the heat unbearable. I felt faint and nearly passed out but people around me helped
Panasonic booth
Expo mascot
The expo is on a man-made island built specifically for it, with a ring of scaffolding around the perimeter
You can walk along the perimeter and look at the pavilions in the center
The country pavilions have enormous queues - getting in on the spot is impossible. People booked entry months in advance
In the end we didn't get into a single country's pavilion
But we did get into the robot pavilion - they have this guy here
Suitcase guide dog
Basically a bakery on wheels with a camera
Rest area
Moth on granny's hat
Singapore pavilion
Bus driving under the ring. The sea is already on the left
Interesting but insanely crowded
Green grass growing
The ring is multi-level by the way. But even here there are crowds
