We had the baseball game for later in the evening but I was a bit restless so I took off for a hike to the Namba Yasaka Shrine, the shrine we tried to get to the day previous. It is famous for the large lion head temple seen above. Lots of folks were tasking selfies but it was so large that most folks needed assistance. So there was a great deal of trading cameras and then walking back and forth to exchange the subjects. As I was walking up to the shrine I noticed the tallest building in Osaka off to the right. This building is next to a large park with a zoo, botanical garden and more. So I vectored over in that direction on my return route. This took me to the gates of the zoo and then along a covered shopping arcade. I was home an hour and 8 minutes later with a four mile leg stretch under my belt.
Out for their morning walk
Passing yet another covered arcade
Piano themed building
The Namba Yaska shrine
Fierce!
The day is warming up a bit, possibly the low 60's
The top and bottom teeth are ready to devour anyone getting too close
Inside the mouth, is that some old floss?
The roof of the mouth
A substantially smaller lion
Smaller shrines to the side
A bronze horse
Lots of beasts
The Tsutenkaku Tower
Unlike the Eiffel Tower it is enclosed
Approaching a large busy restaurant area
A very long treat on t long stick
Happy golden baby
So much going on here
The tower
Samurai in a boat
Get your octopus here
And get a fried egg on top!
The zoo
A rookery for the great blue herons
Or maybe an Egret
Lots of them in these trees
The markings for what is under the pavement are quite detailed!
New construction on the way home
A big dog checking for the latest news at the bush
Another long treat
Passing some nice murals
The Statue of Liberty
Very stylaized
Abstract
We have been watching the progress of a house demolition. It was down in two days and only one more day the site was totally prepared for the new slab to be poured
