This is indeed a gritty area, but fun none the less and nothing like a bad area in America. Abeno Harukas is just down the road so you could easily spend a day wandering around, taking in everything. I'd like to go back just to try the archery shop!
Nice pictures. You caught a different side than I did when I was there last year.
For me, this area is not bad, I always spend time around here and down to Tennoji by bicycle. Thank you for stopping by my post.