Originally Posted by jib71
There's an expensive but excellent restaurant on the main street that offers buddhist veg. bento lunches and high-end set lunches (I think I had a bento for about 3000yen). That might be a good spot to eat before seeing the pagoda and main temple.
Any suggestions on how to identify this restaurant? Buddhist veg is exactly what we would like to eat. I'd imagine most food in the neighborhood is Buddhist veg, but would like to find a nice version.
Does the Nankai train ticket include the cable car or bus? Browsing the web and guidebooks there is a lot of inconsistent information on pricing and timing of transportation. Everyone seems to agree that there's a train from Namba to Gokurakubashi and then a short cable ride up the mountain, but after that views diverge.