Solo in Japan! ~ Wakayama ~

Another Plan B. As the typhoon circled in Kyoto city. Didn't get to escape it for long as it hit Wakayama city in the afternoon while I was there. But that added to my story how I boldly survived the typhoon on my own XD

Wakayama could be a nice irregular place to visit for returning tourists. There has been some efforts done on the tourism side. Again there is also a castle of the city, but I decided to skip it as I had enough of castles (and the previous visit didn't seem very fruitful).

One of the attractions is the Wakayama Electric Railway (Dentetsu) which has several theme-decorated trains, and more interestingly, Tama-chan, a feline stationmaster.
Basically Tama-chan had the best job for being a celebrity stationmaster that sleeps through. :/

The strawberry train

Dropped by a shrine along the railway line

Personally not too enticed by the place and trip, but at least it filled my itinerary for the day. As the typhoon flew in during late afternoon, I prepared to retreat back to Kyoto. 

While having dinner nearby the Wakayama station, had a complicated chat with a Japanese uncle. Interesting as in, I couldn't speak Japanese and he couldn't speak English. Best experience of using Google Translate with live chatting, with both of us trying to figure out if the other actually get the message trying to be conveyed! (And at one point, he called his doctor son to try for better translationg HAHAHA!!) XD 

Perhaps... talking to strangers is an interesting process indeed, letting the stranger remain a stranger.

Read up: Talking to Strangers, by Malcom Gladwell. :D