Day 4th and 5th, Osaka and Kyoto.

Sunday, I devoted my energy to TV game of Windows all the day. Sometimes my elder brother came to my room and chatted about the game. I noticed the day has been ended at midnight. I ate Udon at lunchtime and Oden at dinnertime. I played games after long interval and enjoyed it.



Monday, I went to Iwashimizu-Hachiman-gu-shrine and town where my family lived.



Iwashimizu-Hachiman-gu is shrine of war. The principal image is Hachiman-Dai-Bosatsu. It is a bodhisattva and also a god. In Japan, once god and buddhas are integrated. In Meiji-era (19th century), Gods and Buddha are separated by imperial government but it seems the shrine didn't separated or integrated them again. The shrine was established in Heian era(ancient times).



The shrine worshiped by many Samurais. My ground father also worshiped the shrine because he was a swordsman. I used to be taken for there when I was a kid many many times.



The shrine is Yawata-city in Kyoto prefecture and is on top of mountain. I liked to go the shrine because we ride on a cable car.



Monday, I rode on the cable car and arrived the top of mountain. The mountain's name is Otokoyama(it means Male Mountain), and the mountain is wildlife sanctuary. Many birds were singing. It was so nice.



I prayed at the shrine and bought a strap for mobile phone and O-fuda contains of spirits of the God.



It is said one of most powerful qi of god is in mountain. I feel the qi since I was a kid. I feel the qi run through my body when my mind is calm.



After I prayed there, I felt I refreshed, as if some bad thing has vanished from my body. I felt my body breezy.



The mountain's bamboo is famous. Edison used the bamboo to invent lamp bulbs. I heard the bamboo make electricity run through the bamboo. There is a Edison's statue or memorial in a square called Edison square.



Then I went to a town where I lived. I got off a train at Korien Station and took a walk around the station. My family moved to ground father's house 8 years ago. Thus, I visited there after a long interval. The shopping street has changed and I found many stores I know. I found "Kentucky" in the station. Time has changed. I ate Chinese food at Osho-restaurant in the shopping street, and climb a hill to go where I lived. It is a little tough to climb. =D



On the way, I found many my friends had moved from their house. I visited a temple where I used to play kick-base with my friends and where my house was.



A new house is there. But I felt as if I was traveling through time, as if I was in the world of my dream. Two high school student play at the front of "my house". I felt "Time has changed".



At night, a my elder brother's friend came to my home from Toyama prefecture. He worked in a famous construction company and left the job and became a teacher of geography and history, and left the job and became a a practitioner in acupuncture and moxibustion. Now he has made a company in Portugal and is preparing to go there. We are chatting together including that Korien has changed. He also lived near where my family lived.





I took the photo at Iwashimizu Hachiman gu.



It seems I'm tired very much, I took many mistakes in this blog today. =D