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After the quake

Japan is still recovering from the earthquake and tsunami in March, but the people are unbowed and continue to exude warmth and generosity.

THE crowd at the Universal Studio in Osaka was only a quarter of what I had expected. The numbers had not returned to “normal” since the earthquake in Sendai on March 11.

Business was still slow three months after the tsunami.

Not one to thrive on crazy rides, I hesitated at a roller coaster ride but then thought I should experience it now before I was too old to do it anymore. I shut my eyes the moment the coaster moved high up and started plunging downwards and side-ways, speeding up and down mercilessly.

I dared not open my eyes, and just when I could not bear it any longer, the ride ended. Phew ! Feeling like a nervous wreck, I shuddered at the thought of another ride. But then after lunch, the Spiderman 3-D adventure beckoned, and we couldn’t resist. Hopping on board, we saw Spiderman swinging and fighting the bad guys high in the air as our jeep escaped the attacks of strange huge creatures and from falling from midair.

The ride, filled with special effects including fire and water targeted at us, made us feel like we were in the thick of action.

We had landed in Osaka on June 5 for a tour organised by Apple Vacations & Conventions and immediately commenced our tour of this river city with many bridges before we ended up at Universal Studio. Come dinner, we had fugu ( puffer fish) – raw, fried, as well as syabu-syabu style (steamboat) – at the Zuboraya on Dotonburi Road.

I liked the fried version best. Raw puffer fish is chewy and without much flavour. However, the porridge was what surprised me the most. Watching the waitress adding overcooked rice and raw eggs into the steamboat soup with fugu and vegetables in it did not impress me, but I took a scoop anyway. It was surprisingly delicious, and I ended up eating two bowls despite being full.

We took a walk after dinner and came across live puffer fish in an aquarium at the Genpin Fugu restaurant. The restaurant has apparently been around for 30 years and has more than 100 outlets throughout Japan.

Genpin uses Tora fugu (Tiger puffer), reportedly the best puffer fish there is. We were taking pictures of the fish when an employee came out and started speaking to our guides in Japanese. Wary, I stopped taking the pictures but then he scooped out a fish to show us.

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