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trip to Wakayama

every year I take one or two trips to Wakayama to visit old friends. It’s a short trip from Osaka and it’s a very small town, so easy to get around. some other highlights are Koyasan where KOBO DAISHI set up his Buddhist temple training. centre, is a UNESCO world heritage site and a very interesting place to stay in a Buddhist temple for the evening and enjoy traditional lifestyles. But just be aware that in a Buddhist temple, no meat is served. But that’s OK because beer is considered a vegetable. But this trip, we just went for one night to Shirahama which is quite a resort area, very popular with tourists from all over Japan and even some other countries recently.

Tenpura lunch trip to Wakayama
This Tenpura restaurant is very interesting. You pick what you want in your deep fried lunch Separately, so you get exactly what you want and nothing more
Selecting menu trip to Wakayama
Here is your detailed Menu. just pick which items you want for your selection

Shirahama

there’s an interesting story about this resort. You will notice a temple nearby. A lot of this area was developed by a fellow from Osaka who was involved in some, shall I say, “unusual”, businesses. he wanted to reduce his property tax burden in this area so he put up a temple which gave him a good text break.

Nice rooms trip to Wakayama
Very nice rooms at the resort
Window view trip to Wakayama
A view out the window
Lighting up the area Bill Smale
At night time, they light up the area
Special lobster Bill Smale
A local lobster for a Sashimi treat. Just to let you know, this lobster was still moving when it was brought to the table
Lobster sashimi Bill Smale
This is the lobster sashimi
monteCristo Bill Smale

of course we have to have a cigar later on. This was one of the new cigars created by monteCristo

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