Osaka Castle Park and Tsuyunoten Shrine in Winter | Japan Solo Travel 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
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| Osaka Castle Park (can totally imagine how beautiful the park will be during cherry blossom season!) |
Osaka Castle Park
Address
1-1 Osakajo, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 540-0002, Japan
Nearest Subway Station
Tanimachi Yonchome Station (Tanimachi Subway Line and Chuo Subway Line)
Approximately ¥240 without one day pass
Opening Hours
9am to 5pm daily
Fee
Free for Osaka Castle Park
¥600 for Osaka Castle
You can't tell, but I was trembling in the above photos because the platform was raised high up and if I slipped — a high possibility considering how clumsy I am — I would have fallen into a deep river. In winter.
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| Got over my fear of heights for nice photos #doitforthegram |
Was still a little too full from my airplane food, or I would have darted into one ramen shops along Ohatsutenjin Dori Shotengai for a piping hot bowl of ramen.
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| Tsuyunoten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine) |
Tsuyunoten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine)
Address
〒530-0057 2-5-4 Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka City
Nearest Subway Station
Higashi-Umeda Station (Tanimachi line) (¥240)
Opening Hours
7am to 10pm
Fee
Free
Tsuyunoten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine) is a famous love shrine in Osaka, which tells a story of the forbidden love two lovers — a prostitute and ownder of a soy sauce store — who tragically committed suicide in Tsuyuno Tenjinsha.
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| The star-crossed lovers, Ohatu and Tokubei |
Tourists from around the world flock to Tsuyunoten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine), which has a history of more than 1300 years, to write their wishes on an ema (wooden board). The shrine is known to bless people in relationships/love, businesses and safety.
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| Purchase charms from the shrine for extra blessings |
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| Draw a omikuji for your fortune for ¥100 |
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| Shake the small wooden box till a small bamboo stick falls out, then exchange the bamboo stick for a omikuji |
You can't say you've been to Japan, or the most famous love shrine in Osaka, without drawing a omikuji (fortune telling paper lot) so I paid I drew a omikuji, since it's only ¥100 (~SGD $1.25) anyway. When in Rome, do as Romans do.
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| Lots of bad luck being left behind |
Traditionally, if you drew an omikuji that predicts a run of bad fortune in the future, you should leave it behind by tying your omikuji to the branches of a pine tree.
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| HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel |
Typically, I prefer walking to taking trains when I'm overseas because I enjoy looking at a country's sceneries. this time, I passed by HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel while taking a stroll from Higashi-Umeda Station to Umeda Station (about 20 to 30 minutes).
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Japan Solo Travel (January 2017)
Osaka Summary | Osaka Couchsurfing Experience | Osaka Castle Park and Tsuyunoten Shrine | Shopping at Dotonbori and Glico Man
Kyoto Summary | AEON Mall Kyoto and The Cube Shopping Mall | Arashiyama Bamboo Groves and Nonomiya-jinja Shrine | Kyoto Tower Public Bathhouse ~YUU~
Hiroshima Summary and Atomic Bomb Dome | Children's Peace Monument and Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Peace Bell
Miyajima Day Trip Summary | Omotesando Shopping Street | Itsukushima Shrine, Deers and Miyajima Sunset
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