My places in Osaka

It's not easy to choose only a few places that I like in my "furusato". I spent my first year in Japan's second biggest city and I had a wonderful time. I like variety, so I'll try to make a good selection. You can start going to Umeda, try the HEP Five's Ferris Wheel (which is located on the top of HEP Navio's building, yes, ON the building), then to Sky Building where you can get a nice view of Osaka. Around here you can have a coffee (althought I prefer cocoa) at Christon's Cafe, a european church style restaurant (italian/japanese food).. it's a bit expensive but at least you can check the interior. There's also Daibutsu Kokoro, a japanese restaurant with a big Buddha statue in the center, which is the main attraction.
One thing I liked on weekends was biking around Nanko Port, go from Tengachaya to the port, it's around 12 kms. It's very nice to go specially in winter afternoons because it's not hot and the sunset is more beutiful. Once you're in the port, you can see some jellyfish (cool in different colours) and spend a good time meditating (or not).
Once a month, there's a huge fleamarket in Banpaku Kinen Koen where you can get useful used stuff for decoration or good old music.
I had the best junk food in Kandaimae, GB's Cafe. Big plate of hamburguer, potatoes and icecream for less than 800 yen. My favorites were the mexican style and the hindy style. But the best of this place was the music, every time I went I was remembering the 'old good times' listening to those forgotten songs I used to like.
Ola Tacos is the place I went for real mexican food, the owner is japanese, but he has lived in Mexico for a long time and he cooks very well! Even my mexican friends said it :O And he was playing latin music specially for us, giving us free tequila shots, transforming the place into a little Mexico. Oh, I miss those days!
Hahaha... now that I realise, it seems like all my good places are related to food & music :P Well, there's a phrase in spanish "Barriguita llena, corazon contento" it means "Full belly, happy heart".
For quiet moments, I used to go to Minami Senri's Park around my dorm, took a lantern, a guitar and went to practice some songs in the top of the hill, it's a shame I still cannot play the guitar. I just pass my fingers thorough the strings but never sounds like anything familiar X(
Well, I hope I remember more places to add in this text.