We decided to visit our first couple of shrine and begin our collection of Goshuin, shrine stamps.  Our first shrine was Namba Yasaka Jinja, a favorite of students,  studying for exams.  Maybe it scares away the bad grades?

We purchased the Goshuin book and you receive a page to stick in it or a page of red stamps and black calligraphy at each shrine.   Our book reflects the shrine we visited first!  There we only got a page to glue in.

Our second shrine was a small one with a Buddhist temple there as well,  Hosen-ji Temple,  where we received a beautifully hand written stamped page.  This temple has a moss ridden statue that everyone throws water on top keep it mossy!

our third was just a narrow ally way of Dotonbori, but no stamp there.

Collecting these pages make an interesting souvenir of the many Shrines we will visit on this trip!  I will add more as we visit them.