Water clock in front of Osaka station south building. It drops down water every so often in both designs as well as the current time.

Got a chance to visit the Inari Grand Shrine. As the goddess (sometimes god) of prosperity, companies will donate to the shrine in order to have a gate built, then have a second smaller replica in their office. It's supposed to link the two and bring good luck to the company. A lot of people don't believe it anymore, but it's considered good form and expected.

Kiyomizudera. I'm really glad I got to make it back to the temple that I visited years ago. The view of Kyoto can't be beat either. 

It's amazing how ubiquitous shrines and temples are here in Kyoto. To the point where some are treated like a parking lot.

Got a chance to stop by Vinos Yamazaki, a wine distributor in Japan that sells wine from Monterey County. A largely successful business in a country that largely doesn't drink wine.

The Kobe city scape at evening. It was amazing how close the forest was to all of this.

One of the waterfalls coming off of Mt. Rokko. It was so peaceful up in the mountains. Kobe was really close, but it felt like we were miles away from any city.