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Osaka Castle*, not Osaka Temple

Great job at this one, as a person who has a deep connection to the city (the first city I ever explored in Japan; the city where I almost died during a typhoon; where most of Japanese friends live) I see a lot of similarities with this update to the real life city. 

MegAAAAARGH. The mosaic. Everything, as usual (all those JPN buildings, so perfectly placed and fitting ! And the first temple picture looks like a photo !), but... the mosaic ! The composition,  the reflections in the water.. OOOOOH. [went back to oogle, but suddenly can't help wondering : where does the street go, at the bottom of the pic, the one before the last canal ? I assume it goes under it but, as much as I want to, I can't really see it ; is it a cul-de-sac, with cars just parked there ? But there seems to be a bus...]

I also have two big Where-To (find...) ? : The Gate Tower Building . And the Umeda Sky Tower ; there is (I have...) an Umeda Sky Building by Spiderblack, but that is not it at all !

@Tonraq Thanks for comment! Always nice to hear from someone who's been to the city that it resembles the real thing. Glad you enjoyed the update

Also, thanks for catching that typo. I'm guessing that doing the Shitenno-ji temple scene right before that one probably threw me off a bit there..

@tariely Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the update!

I think the street you're referring to (the one to the right of the RDQ Aquarium) was supposed to just lead to small parking lot but I think it got covered up inadvertently in the end by a few overhanging park lots.

As for the two other buildings: the Gate Tower building was a 3d model I found online which I exported for use in the update, and the Umeda Sky Tower came from a small Japanese website although I'll have to do some digging around to find the exact link.

Wow this entire journal is amazing!!  I try not to look at it too much though, or I get Journal Envy But seriously, awesome work

Really nice update! Nice images.

But I got confused on your second image. So that's clear that you modified that building and created a tunnel in the middle of it for the FlexFly... but that L1 RHW-3 (I see a break there of course) under the DDRHW-4 then RHW-4 on the top of a NRD-4 is quite question mark for me. I mean how? This is actually a really interesting concept, I saw similiar set-ups in RL...

Anyway really nice images!

- Tyberius

You've done it again! I particularly love Osaka castle and you've done an amazing job of recreating the city! Outstanding!

@hammysonata Appreciate the nice words! Glad you're enjoying the journal - thanks for the kind comment

@Tyberius06 Thank you for the comment, glad you enjoyed the images!

@mike_oxlong Thank you very much for the kind words as always, glad you loved the Osaka castle recreation and the rest of the city recreation

Beautiful update. Reminds me of my trip last year.

Absolutely top notch....!    

(Heheh - Trippy that you chose Osaka to showcase.... I was just looking for a song named Osaka by N O R I A  last night)

Good lord this is beautiful!!! Wonderful job as always!

Osaka.  Osaka.  Are mo kore mo ande.  Osaka.  Osaka. Ee toko yade oide.

 

 

@art128 Thanks for the kind words!

@RobertLM78 Looks like I have good timing.. Glad you enjoyed the update!

@Bastet69008 Thank you very much for the comment! Glad you liked it

@NMUSpidey

Someone PLEASE tell me where/how I can download items from the screenshots?  THANK YOU!

OMG! You completely nailed it! Those busy streets and that colorful concrete jungle  Awesome work!

@nightbird615 Hopefully my answer in the Beijing update helped - if you're interested in any buildings in particular feel free to ask.

@buzzoff67 Appreciate the nice words!