Due to the heavy rains, my departure had been delayed by over an hour now. Little did I know just how bad it was though. I had originally intended to link up there with a close friend and then check out the seaside portions of Kyoto.
Alas, my plans were now FUBAR fucked up beyond all repair due to our inability to get to that part of the prefecture. Seeing as my travel companion was still down in Osaka, I decided to make the best of the situation and head south instead.
All in all though, it took me around five hours to finally get myself out of Kyoto Station via the subway. Sheesh, talk about a typhoonβ¦. Now, the sane people out there are probably wondering why the hell I was even traveling during a storm to begin with.
Unfortunately for them, I am not a sane person when it comes to Japan. That said, I probably should have done a better job planning to avoid the rains rather than head directly into the eye of the storm especially considering all the flooding warnings. Anyway, I did take advantage of the disastrous situation to cross off a number of minor allures in Osaka that I would have likely otherwise never gotten around to visiting. I mean, after all, I need to love Japan with every bit of my soul even during the worst weather of the year, right?
Somehow, I embarrassingly missed this facility somewhere along the way. Alternatively, the Sakaisuji Lines and Hankyu Railway are also options too. Thereafter, it continues on up until the modern era. Trust me on this one folksβ¦. In addition to the many outdoor shotengai, Osaka is also secretly home to an underground network of tunnels too. However, by the time my friend and I hit up Sumiyoshi Taisha following the previously introduced locations, the rains had started to dissipate enough that we could explore an exposed attraction for a bit.
