Kakogawa wandering

I caught the train here (cost $3.5 I think) without much of a plan, got off the train and started walking north first. Thought there was a park up that way which I might have been too before.
I passed a school which looked very similar to the one I went to as a kid but there were lots of schools I passed and they all looked very similar.
Stopped for a drink and found another fanta variety I had never seen before. Fanta sparkling pear juice. It was pretty good.
I walked up to the park and up a hill which was very nice crisp air due to the temperature and it raining earlier in the morning. I found the big open area which would have been where they held the Midori festival when I was a kid but was unable to find the Maori Taniwha statues which I had a photo of.
I bussed down to some temple which was apparently moved and was related to Waitakere City somehow but I didn't find anything relating there either. I had a lunch at kakogawa katsumeshitei and ordered the kakogawa special meal which was really nice. The chef came out and asked where I was from in English and if I was enjoying the meal, not many of them spoke English so I think he came out to have a practice but it was nice to talk to him.Read more