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May 17th: Pokémon Cafe & Exploring

By Victoria Kelly

May 17th was a day of fun and exploring! It was our first free day and I made sure to do lots! 
I started off the day by going to the Pokémon Cafe. My roommate loves Pokémon and was super excited. Even though I don’t know much about Pokémon, I still had so much fun! We got lots on the journey over, but eventually found our way to the cafe. There were tons of massive Pokémon statues around the whole place. 

The dinning room we were seated in had tables with Pokémon statues and plushies eating. Everything was themed and adorable! We ordered all of the sweets they had to offer and shared them all. We got a Pikachu shaped souffle, chocolate parfait, and a Fidough themed sponge cake. Our favorite was the souffle. While we were eating, a Pikachu mascot came out and did a performance for us!
After eating at the cafe, we walked back to the dorm to relax for a bit. I took a quick power nap before heading to do some thrift shopping. We found a shop that was hidden deep in a building and had a cool used record store right under.
I ended up walking around by myself for a bit to do some shopping and explore the area more! Our hotel is near Dontonbori which is famous for street food and shopping. I discovered lots of fun stores and played gachas.

After shopping around for a bit, I headed back to the hotel to meet up with my friends. From there, we tried to find a place to eat dinner. We ended up stopping to get bubble waffles and walked to find boba! The boba place was really far from out hotel, but it was the best boba I’ve ever had. On our way back we walked through an area with even more shops and went in a ton.


Overall, it was a really fun day! I’m glad I was able to get a fun experience at the Pokémon Cafe as well as explore more of Osaka.

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