28/09/2023 (Day 2)
Woke up early to walk around Osaka, starting with the map of all trains centred around this huge city.
Daiso, the place for Made in Japan affordable sauces and condiments. Went to several places but could not find warabi mochi-ko (わらび餅粉) that even the Japanese said is hard to find but kinako ( きな粉) is available in most places.Bought eki-ben (lunch-box) at Shin-Osaka station before boarding Shinkansen to the southern most station reachable at Kagoshima, Kyushu. Simply enjoyed these eki-ben for the varieties of various items in 1 box which you can have for around ¥1,000!
The Shinkansen, just like a bullet! And the Colours of Autumn in a box - Yumilicious!!!
View from bullet train.
Tourist map just outside the Kagoshima station.
A landmark outside the station, a good meeting point.
Took a stroll around the station and came to this canal that leads out to the sea and Sakurajima is in the background.
The notice board at the park along the canal is interesting, featuring poems written by Lord Jisshin in the year1545, purportedly for the people to learn & live morally. They were displayed on 12 granite pillars erected in the park with inscriptions, each poem beginning with one of the 47
Japanese characters (but we learned in language class that there are 46?) The photos taken were from 2 faces of each pillar (so 24 poems only). Must check when I make a trip to Kagoshima again in the future and will know which character is omitted in the modern hiragana. Perhaps, if someone reading this blog post happened to be there can help to share. :)
It is interesting to note that there is modern church building nearby, within the park. Just wonder if the poems were penned after he was exposed to bible teachings (bibles) brought in by the missionaries or the Portuguese traders around 1543. Similarities in the Holy Bible:
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:22-25 NKJV
“I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.”
Jeremiah 17:10 NKJV
Trip back to Osaka: Bought eki-ben for trip back on Shinkansen.
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