{"id":70795,"date":"2016-08-30T06:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T21:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=70795"},"modified":"2016-08-30T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T21:48:06","slug":"wakayama-day-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=70795","title":{"rendered":"Wakayama Day Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>here is less than 24 hours of a day in my life.  or should i say, my crazy life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3474.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3474\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70802\" \/><br \/>\nfrom taiwan, got into osaka late so decided to grab a room and relax.  jumped on the airport bus heading to namba.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3477.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3477\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70796\" \/><br \/>\nso stoked to walk into my luxury apartment room i rented.  can&#8217;t go wrong for $60.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3476.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3476\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70803\" \/><br \/>\nby the time i went to sleep, it was past 1am.  then i get up at 7am, book a flight out of kansai at 7:50pm.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3479.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3479\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70804\" \/><br \/>\ni had the free day so i took the 1 hour train ride to wakayama.  Kimura-san picked me up from the station and took me to lunch.  Kimura-san is my Wagamama Guide.  opps, i mean Wakayama Guide.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3478.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3478\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70800\" \/><br \/>\nomg, this katsudonburi was amazing!  the best one i&#8217;ve ever had.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3483.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3483\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70805\" \/><br \/>\nthen Kimura-san took me shopping, and also took me to his local meat market.  there isn&#8217;t even a sign?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3484.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3484\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70806\" \/><br \/>\nonce you walk in, you will see Meat Shop Ueno.  so old school!  i love it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3487.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3487\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70798\" \/><br \/>\nwhen you order the meat, they cut it for you right there.  that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so fresh!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3486.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3486\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70799\" \/><br \/>\nAstuko-san makes the best sukiyaki ever!  and now i know where she gets her special meat from.  omg, i wish we had this kind of quality meat in hawaii.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3491.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3491\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70801\" \/><br \/>\n2pm i check my flight out of kansai.  OMG, it filled up!  now i have to try to fly out of nagoya!  so i grab the first of three trains to nagoya.  that took me 3 long hours.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3493.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3493\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70807\" \/><br \/>\ntotally full train so i had to sit in-between on my suitcase.  and enjoyed an afternoon snack.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3495.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3495\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70797\" \/><br \/>\nstopped in the city to eat some sushi.  looks good yeah?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3494.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3494\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70808\" \/><br \/>\nactually, it wasn&#8217;t that good at all.  in fact, it was terrible.  a wasted $16 as i would have been happier eating something else.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3497.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3497\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-70812\" \/><br \/>\nlucky me got upgraded to business class.  got on the flight, reclined my seat, and slept the whole way.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3473.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3473\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-70809\" \/><br \/>\nit was a wonderful trip, but i&#8217;m glad to be home.  this was less than a day my life on the road.  and i spent the last 10 days like this.  i have many more photos to upload so check back.  as for now, i&#8217;m going to the ocean!  have a wonderful day!<br \/>\nthank you Kimura-san for being the best Wagamama Guide.  haha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>here is less than 24 hours of a day in my life. or should i say, my crazy life. from taiwan, got into osaka late so decided to grab a room and relax. jumped on the airport bus heading to namba. so stoked to walk into my luxury apartment room i rented. can&#8217;t go wrong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}