Dinner in Osaka and a night in Wakayama City

While walking around at night I thought this was a cute shot-

Not as cute but much more delicious-

Yukino-chan-

We were going to southern Osaka to look at a car we had seen for sale on the internet.  Shin Imamiya train station is located in central Osaka near Tennoji.  You always know when you arrive there due to the smell of urine.  Lovely place really..... 

This is a special train that runs from Nanba to Kansai Airport-

We opted for the normal train and went and had a look at the car we eventually bought.  Since we were so far south, it seemed like a good idea to go a bit further to Wakayama City since neither of us had been there.

 Having arrived at one of the Wakayama City stations, we were surprised to say the least at how little there was.  It was the biggest city in the prefecture after all.  We strolled around to find....nothing.  We did find the castle though-

The castle grounds were very beautiful with lots of ups and downs and fun things to find.

The floor looks smooth but in reality it has lots of little edges that make walking on it not very fun since you have to take your shoes off to enter-

I took this photo in hopes of capturing the mans ridiculous fashion-

Some people were enjoying their cherry blossom barbecues and picnics and some even had pizza delivered inside the park.

We booked a hotel for the night and promptly headed out to see the nightlife.  Or, lack of.  Seriously, Wakayama City must be the most boring city in the world.  What little we could find seemed to be shut down and bars and restaurants were few and far between.  We settled on Indian food-

We walked, and walked and walked.  The walking paid off as we found a restaurant that $1 draft beers!  Amazing!

I cannot remember where this was but it says "drink paradise."

In the morning we went to an old school joint for breakfast-

And, had a pretty decent breakfast for about $4-

The train back was pleasant as it went through the mountains rather than the residential areas.  I am glad we went but wow.  I would hate to live in Wakayama City.