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🚲 OSAKA BY BIKE WITH MY MOM

Tsutenkaku Tower looked best when we first saw it from far away 🗼

A boucle wool penguin on a bicycle pointing at a lit-up tower far away at the end of a street at dusk
Tsutenkaku Tower

In Osaka, I went to a place called Tsutenkaku.

Tsutenkaku Tower lit up in blue and red with "EXPO 2025" lights
🗼 Tsutenkaku in Expo colors
Expo Colors

It was just the time of the Osaka Expo, so Tsutenkaku was also in Osaka Expo colors.

"Oh, This One"

But when I saw it up close, the size felt like, "Oh, this one."

When I saw Tsutenkaku from far away, I got very excited.

My mom and I had come to Tsutenkaku by bike,

so when we saw Tsutenkaku, my mom and I both got really excited.

We thought, "Wow, it is the one we saw on TV!" and pedaled close to it.

But when we got close, my feeling was, "Oh, this one, huh."

All Towers Alike

But maybe this is not only Tsutenkaku.

Maybe it is also true for Tokyo Skytree or the TV tower in Nagoya.

Maybe with towers, even when we go up close, we humans think, "Ah, this one."

But when you see it from far away, it is really beautiful, and you really do get excited.

Maybe that is just how it is.

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