Wakayama, you're just too cute!!!

Wakayama, are you too cute or what?! How come even the commuting vehicles have themes? Today's itinerary: Round trip from Osaka to Wakayama 🚗 Get off at Tennoji Station, transfer to Tennoji JR, and take the express train to Wakayama Station (with JR pass, you can just go) Wakayama really has few people, with mountains and sea. If you don't go to Shirahama and just stay in Wakayama, one day is enough. Because there are few people in Wakayama, their buses run either every half hour or every hour, and it's really panic-inducing if you take the wrong stop 😫 (because I did, just a reminder for everyone) Once you arrive at Wakayama JR Station, you can choose to first visit Wakayama Castle or directly take the bus from platform 9 inside the station to Kishigawa Line, and experience the cute little Tamaden train (with cat, toy, strawberry themes, different train designs, but all heading to the same destination) which is very interesting 🐱 Wakayama, you can take it directly with JRpass, or you can buy a ticket on the train (in Japan, it's called taking a control ticket). 💕 This little Tamaden train also has a very cute and heartwarming story, you can search it online, I won't introduce it here. I traveled from the starting station to the terminal station and back, going to Kishi Station, saw the cat stationmaster and then returned to the starting station, a round trip takes about 1.5 hours. To go to Wakayama Castle: You can take a bus from JR station to 'Wakayama Castle Station Front' to appreciate the 16th-century samurai castle, climb high for a distant view of the sea and the castle, the ticket is 410 yen/adult. ❤️ Then you can go to Katano-kahama Beach to see the sandy beach and the sea, and finally return to Osaka. If it's your first time visiting Kansai and you're short on time, you can skip Wakayama and go to some must-visit destinations. If you want to visit some less popular places, you can go to Wakayama.