Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine Osaka

Deze ochtend vroeg de trein genomen vanuit Kobe naar Osaka ( was maar een klein half uurtje) , terug hetzelfde zoals altijd : hostel zoeken , rugzak afzetten , plannetje vragen en beginnen wandelen. Vandaag het kasteel bezocht en nog enkel tempels in de buurt , voor de rest hier wat rondgelopen. Morgen is er daguitstap gepland naar Nara en Himey . …

not totally aimless were my wanderings,i did have a plan to walk to osaka castle, it cant be that far.Well it was but i got side tracked anyways by one of tennoji's slopes beconing -"walk up here" it said and at the top i was rewarded with a beautifull shrine . It had tori gates and foxes and a contankerous droopy eared cat.the workmanship that …

... to Tennoji station (this time without getting lost) and hopped on a rickety old tram car which would take me to the Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine, just a few minutes away from Tennoji. The shrine was one of the more interesting that I have seen so far and I'm ...

... all fall in a heap very quickly (words that were to come back to haunt us). We wanted to visit the Sumiyoshi-taisha shrine because its Osaka’s most famous shrine and we knew that just about every Osakain would be there and it was worth seeing ...