Carl is a stuffed bear made from remnant bin fur fabric and a whole lotta love--but don't let his humble origins fool you: He's a little bear with big dreams.

Sir Edmund Hillary had Tenzing, Lewis had Clark--and Carl has a photographer with just as much wanderlust as he has.

The Various and Sundry Travels of Carl the Bear | Promote Your Page Too

Here we are with the Glico Man, one of the first things that comes to mind when you say “Osaka” (Note: this was a trip to Osaka *today* and is completely separate from the Osaka trip pictured in the previous post) Glico is a large snack food/candy company here in Japan and the running Glico Man is featured on the package of a heart-shaped hard caramel-like sweet. As far as I can tell, you buy this particular candy less for the candy and more for the mini toy or puzzle or origami kit that comes packaged in another box on top of the box of actual candy.
{Dōtonbori, Osaka, Japan}http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dtonbori

Here we are with the Glico Man, one of the first things that comes to mind when you say “Osaka” (Note: this was a trip to Osaka *today* and is completely separate from the Osaka trip pictured in the previous post) Glico is a large snack food/candy company here in Japan and the running Glico Man is featured on the package of a heart-shaped hard caramel-like sweet. As far as I can tell, you buy this particular candy less for the candy and more for the mini toy or puzzle or origami kit that comes packaged in another box on top of the box of actual candy.

{Dōtonbori, Osaka, Japan}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dtonbori