Zōkyō

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Spotted some PDA with trees up at Isejingu.

We rolled up on Joy City, Land of the Rising Sun, AKA, Isu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

(You gotta look closely…)

After Kobe and Himeji, we got on a train bound for Ise.

via JR Sanyo line

The next morning we started off at Ikuta Shrine. The Shinto shrine is located in the Chūō Ward of Kobe, Japan, and is possibly among the oldest shrines in the country.

According to Nihon Shoki, it was founded by the Empress Jingū at the beginning of the 3rd century AD to enshrine the Kami Wakahirume, and was used as the base for a festival welcoming warriors back from the latest attempt to invade Korea. It now apparently carries a reputation of being a place at which NOT to marry as many famous Japanese couples who have been married here have since divorced.