Todaiji (東大寺, Tōdaiji, "Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara.

The approach to Todaiji is amazing; there are lots of deer and people, and shops with souvenirs and food line the route. You walk through the Nandaimon Gate, an impressive wooden gate with two fierce statues inside it. You can't see the main hall until you purchase your ticket. Its the world's largest wooden building and its truly impressive. The building houses an enormous bronze Buddha statue.

Open 0800-1700 every day. 

Entrance fee is 500 yen per person. 

こんにちは!

This is what we all been waiting for , today is the day! This is our first visit to Universal Studio and its in Osaka,Japan. We dint want to visit the Singapore because I heard they say its very small and packed. We then got to USJ to purchase our tickets. To be honest tickets are overpriced, 6800yen for an adult 1 day past. More expensive than Disneyland/DisneySea! Universal Studios Japan has various sections dedicated to each of its famous movies or characters, and each section has a ride.  So the Jurassic Park section has a ride, and the Jaws section has a ride, etc. 

Entering the park was like entering a real-life Halloween Town.  But that'll become more apparent as we go on.  But I should mention that the entire park was flooded with Halloween music. 

So we went there during October and the theme is Halloween. Everyone were mad crazy dressing them self. I so regret I dint join them. It must be damn fun to be dress in Halloween costume since Malaysia doesn't celebrate Halloween at all! 

Cute!

Look at the amount of people!

When we arrived at any game attraction the queue was unbelievably snaking all the way out and around the building. One look and our plan change instantly. We couldn't play any game , because the minimum wait of any game , even kids game is also 2hr approx. Kinda disappointed !

Universal Wonderland is a very popular family area where children and adults can have fun all day long throughout the year. Every corner of this area, which is home to various attractions such as The Flying Snoopy and Hello Kitty’s Cupcake Dream, will be decorated with extremely adorable Halloween-themed ornaments featuring jack-o’-lanterns, bats, candies and other items. In this colorful and cute character world during the Halloween season, Wonder Trick or Treat.

Entire Park excluding the area under the Canopy at Hollywood Area and Universal Wonderland will be totally transformed into a park of horror where the greatest number of zombies ever will hang around during the Universal Surprise Halloween period from 6pm. Approximately 90% of the Park will be occupied by a 1-km long chain of zombies! In some areas guests will see battles between zombies and soldiers, and in other areas they will be suddenly attacked by zombies. Different kinds of terrors that happen one after another around the Park will raise guests’ screams to the highest level. You can’t play it cool at the most scary horror park in the history of Halloween event at Universal Studios Japan. 

I swear I was shocked and I ran away and end up hide myself in a restaurant all alone! WTF my parents were enjoying and my mum keep snapping picture non stop. Popular Park attractions and a restaurant will be cursed by Sadako,her curse will cause guests to experience horrible terror and panic. I thought theme park supposed to be kid friendly but I felt terrified , shock and scared all the way. I wanna leave the place immediately!

Thats all for the day , heading for our dinner next!

Since there used to be a black gate northeast of this temple, the marketplace later came to be called ”Kuromon Ichiba Market” (Black Gate Market). The market has a total length of close to 600 meters with 170 shops, the vast majority of which specialize in the freshest and best quality meat, vegetables, eggs and other ingredients from around the country and abroad. Although well over half of total sales are for the business (professional chef) market, Kuromon Ichiba caters also to the general public. For more than 170 years, everyone from restaurant chefs to housewives have come here, drawn by the taste, freshness and variety of its products. As I have previously mentioned, visiting the local market is a good way to get insights into the lives of the locals. This is a market in Osaka City, located at the Nipponbashi subway station.

Another thing when you traveling at Japan , no matter in Osaka , Tokyo or Hokkaido . Make sure you visit their market for some fresh and cheap sushi & sashimi! Our aim here is to have our stomach bloated with sashimi and also have a try on puffer fish (water balloon fish).