2025.8.12

It was fine but rained heavily for a while.

I checked out the hotel and left the baggage there and headed for the Nara National Museum to see the special exhibition of Voyage around the World: Heritage of Beauty and Wonder and Special Display The Guardians of the Kinpusenji Temple Gate Kinpusenji Temple, Nara.

After that I visited the Kasugataisha shrine.

After having tea I went back to the hotel to pick up the baggage and headed for Osaka. First I checked in the hotel and headed for the EXPO site. I entered at 18:30 and visited some pavilions. I was going to see the fireworks but it started while I was waiting for the pavilion and could not.I left the site around 21:30 but it took about one hour to get on the train.

While I was waiting I attended a zoom gathering.

It was a long day.

2025.4.14

It was fine in the morning and afternoon, but rained in the evening and stopped raining at night.

I left the hotel around 9:30 and headed for Expo by different route.Today's reservation was 11AM.

I started waiting at USA pavilion but had to gave up because of the first reservation.

I visited more than 15 

I could see my teacher of Expo92 for a short time.

　

I came back to the hotel around 10:30 PM.

2024.12.14

It was cloudy in the morning, became rain and sleet, and became fine and cloudy again.

I checked out the hotel around 6:30 and headed for Murooryuketsu jinja shrine.

There was only once an hour bus there. There was nothing besides shrine so that I desided to visit Amanoiwado and Okumiya too. Since they were located about 1.2km away on the mountain it was rather hard to go there.

Next destination was Muroji temple

There was only once an hour bus. Since Okunoin was on the top of Mountain mountain, it was hard to climbed up and I missed the bus. 

I visited the park nearby.   

The third destination was Oomiwa jinja shrine where I have wanted to visit for a long time. I was escorted there. It was a nice visit.

I took trains and a bus to come to Tenkawa daibenzaitensha shrine. 

I was surprised to see snow.

2022.7.18

It was fine.

We attended a morning ceremony at Tenkawa dai benzaiten shrine, and came back to the Inn to have breakfast.

The owner kibdly took us to the bus stop where is about 3.2km away.

We took a train and visited Kashihara jungu shrine which has a long history

We met our mutual friends and came back to Tokyo together. It was really lucky because only I had a seat reservation and other two bought tickets this evening. Most of the seats were occupied and only the seat next to me was available.

We were very lucky.

2021.3.21

It was a rainy day.

Since my friend got ill and we could not get together, I decided to go to Isonokami jingu (石上神宮) shrine and Kashihara jingu (橿原神宮) shirine by train by myself.

At the Isonokami jingu I could join a special tour guided by a priest and get the special prayer just for yen1,500. It was really special because we could enter the sacred place where is prohibited to enter.

I could visit waterfalls nearby too.

On my way back to the Tenri station I had a chance to see inside of the sacred building of the Tenri religion too. I was escorted. It was a huge building.

After visiting Kashihara jingu shrine, I dropped at a hotel to buy cubic rice which I bought last year too.

I came back to Shin Osaka to pick up my carry case and got on the Shinkansen about one hour later than schedule.

It was a nice trip to Kansai.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.