I took the shinkansen for the first time in a long time. I always enjoy looking out the window as we fly by the different cities and rural areas. This time I travelled from Tokyo to Osaka so I went…

Miss my Osaka posts? Part 4 of my Osaka travel, is Shitennoji Temple! (Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitenn%C5%8D-ji). Shitennoji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest officially administered temples. The world’s largest bell “Tsurigane” was there too, until it was unfortunately destroyed in World…