Today we were going to visit a few more shrines and off to Osaka.
Fushimi Inari
Also known as a fox shrine. The attraction of this shrine is the lineup of hundreds of torii gate. These gates also appear in the movie Memoirs of Geisha.
A baby fox with bib.
Mostly everything is in orange color.
Many faces of fox
Hundreds of torii gates
Tunnel of torii gates
Left or right?
I suspect these are the name of donators.
Missing torii
Mini torii gates for lesser amount of donation. :P
Tofukuji Temple
Beautiful foliage from the entrance
The white paint is used to prevent termites.
Kamigamo Shrine
Sake barrels in a shrine?? Hmm....
Not sure what this is all about.
Sand cones
A small canal running through the shrine complex.
Shimogamo Shrine
In just four days, we had visited 10 temples and 7 shrines. Holy cow!
Went back to ryokan to get our luggage. The owner walked us to the street and kept bowing by saying "Arigato gozaimashita". After walking for quite a distance, we looked back and he was still there! So we tried to walk faster, he must have gone in only after we were out of his sight. What a truly Japanese hospitality!
Osaka
The only thing left to do in Osaka was to try the local dish, okonomiyaki. So we went to Dotonbori for President Chibo.
The crowd at Dotonburi
President Chibo since 1967, famous for okonomiyaki.
The restaurant looked upscale with all the dim lights. We were ushered to one of the four teppanyaki tables.
Chef at work
It was quite entertaining to look at the chef preparing our food. His moves were so smooth.
Almost done
Yamaimoyaki (porkbelly, squid, shrimp, and Japanese herb)
Okonomiyaki with shrimp
The food presentation was very good, but the taste was quite disappointing. It was either we didn't like okonomiyaki or he didn't do a good job. And it was pretty expensive too. :(
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