Japanese Shrine on top of a building in Kitakyushu
After leaving Nara, I headed to Hakata where I spent the night. On the way to Hakata, I stopped at Osaka Station to transfer to Shin-Osaka Station so I could ride the Shinkansen. Caught a quick glimpse of Pichon-kun. Got a short clip of the illumination in front of Hakata Station.
In the morning I left Hakata and rode the Shinkansen to Kokura. Even with a Japan Rail Pass, I rode the Nozomi train to Kokura as the schedule for the Hikari train was going to get me in Kokura way too late. At Kokura Station I thought I was going to get stopped by the station staff for riding the Nozomi but they didn't bother me. Don't do what I did though. If you get caught, you will have to pay the full fare of whatever portion you rode and they may confiscate your rail pass.
Obligatory stop to see Maetel and Captain Harlock.
Walked in front of the Crown Milan bakery in Kyomachi to look at a bunch of tasty bread that I wanted to eat but didn't end up buying. I will revisit Crown in a later video though.
Found out that I could reserve the pre-sale tickets for the Kitakyushu Ramen Festival online so I didn't have to go all the way to Mojiko in order to get them. Looked up and I saw the shrine on top of the Colet building. Figured I had some time to kill so I went exploring up to the top.
Turns out the shrine on top of the building is Kasamori Inari Jinja. It is supposed to be up there protecting the surrounding area and bringing prosperity to Kitakyushu. I would have to say it's working. It is one of the strangest places to find a shrine though.