This morning I dragged Anita around shrines and in the afternoon I suffered shops. We discovered Osaka is not as easy to get around as Tokyo because there is so little English used on the transport systems. At many stations the names of the train lines and the stations were only in Japanese. On top of that there are multiple transport systems in Osaka - the JR network, more than a dozen private rail networks, a municipal subway and a tram system.
Our first trek was to the Ikutama Shinto Shrine then we happened to pass a Buddhist Shrine nearby. One of the most significant Shinto shrines in Osaka is the Sumiyoshi Taisha where there were several young children dressed in traditional clothing having their photos taken with their parents and grandparents. The Taiko Bashi bridge is at the entrance to the shrine.
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