From Hirakata-city, Osaka-prefecture, Japan

My wife retired in January, and since she had some time before the next school year started, we decided to go out to a nearby place, so we went to Sakai on January 30. Sakai is served by the Hankai Line, a streetcar, which runs from Tennoji Station. I had always wanted to ride the Hankai Line, so this was my first time to ride it. We got off at Hanataguchi Station and went to Ebisu Park. This park was built near the former residence of Ryokei Hibiya, a wealthy merchant who is said to have extended hospitality to Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary, when he stopped by Sakai in 1550. Next, we visited the site of the birthplace of the poet Akiko Yosano, the site of the Sen no Rikyu mansion, and the " Sakai Risho no Mori " (Sakai Risho Forest), which commemorates both of them. In this way, one can clearly see that Sakai is a city with a long history. Afterward, we had lunch at " Jidori Chicken Yakiniku Kutsurogi " near Nankai Sakai Station. After filling up, we headed t

 

This year, I took First-class radio engineer on land exam on January 17th and 18th, so I went to Temma Station, the nearest station to the test site, for the first time in a while.  Here in Tenma, the shopping streets are intricately intertwined, and there are also delicious shops, so I personally like it very much. There is a restaurant called Sushimasa in Tenma where you can eat sushi sets for 500 yen at lunch time.And visiting there on January 17, it was closed, so I felt sad that it might be due to Corona-virus, but re-visiting there on January 18, I was relieved that the store was open (the price was a little higher, but it's still very cheap at 600 yen). Since the store will open from 11:30, I decided to have lunch at another sushi restaurant because of the test time (the test started at 13:00). This time I went to a restaurant called Maruman Sushi , and I went there at 11 o'clock just after the restaurant opened, so there were no other customers. The set lunch was 700 y