Kinosaki Kenka Matsuri

The next day was another fighting festival in nearby Kinosaki. As Kinosaki is a cute little tourist trap, we'd already planned on taking the folks there-- the matsuri was a bonus.

But we did the same thing as before. Arrived around noon, spent a few hours wandering around, watching the shrines parade downtown. But after a good four hours, still no crashing! Ugh! We were all starving, and Kinosaki's restaurants are expensive and they usually shut down from 2-5, so we decided to head to Toyooka. We thought we might have the energy to return for the fighting, but ....

But all was not lost! During our wanderings, we stumbled across a beautiful secluded temple, a small shrine, a wall of statues, and plenty of koi.