i just wanted to post that sometimes things just work out. so, at first i cancelled my reservations in osaka for tonight and tomorrow, thinking i would go down to beppu to see cindy straight away. then, i reconsidered, deciding i would go to osaka for the tenjin matsuri fest, and its gay extravaganza counterpart, and then on saturday go to fukuoka to see cindy. by the time i made that second decision, the hostel i had cancelled my reservations with was already full. here's where it gets good.
the hostel i was going to stay at was about 15 minutes walk southeast of JR Osaka station. i, instead, took the cheap and easy route and booked two nights with a capsule hotel. so, not only do i get, for cheap, a bed, sauna, bath, shower, breakfast, and a yukata (which i plan to take home), it turns out that my hotel is right in the middle of the gay district! and, only 5 minutes from the JR Osaka station. things could not have worked out better.
and then, as more of the cosmic forces align, i come back from a day of walking downtown osaka and am a little bit disoriented as i leave the subway station, so i step into a nearby cafe. i figure i'll have some tea and a scone while looking at my map. who should i run into there, but Koen, the dutch fellow from hiroshima! he was just heading to do laundry and stopped in for a snack. this cafe is not centrally located to anything, and is in a really odd corner of the subway station. and osaka is big! i was more than a little taken aback. we chatted for awhile, as he is off to china tomorrow. i forgot to get our picture taken, but perhaps one day we will meet again.
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