We followed a walking trail from Sannomiya Station in Kobe through the streets of Kitano-cho with it's beautiful old European style mansions until we ended up at Tenman Shrine. When we arrived, a wedding was in progress, so we couldn't enter the main part of the shrine until it was over. However it was no hardship to wait, because it allowed us time to admire the great view over Kobe, the bonsai pine display, and the wedding party too!
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Kitano-Tenman Shrine in Kobe
Views over Kobe at the end of Kitano-cho walking trail
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![Colorful omikuji to tell your fortune](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162362/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162362.jpg)
Colorful omikuji to tell your fortune
![Lots of steps up to the shrine](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162574/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162574.jpg)
Lots of steps up to the shrine
![Ox statue](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162366/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162366.jpg)
Ox statue
![Bonsai pines on display](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162365/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162365.jpg)
Bonsai pines on display
![Main hall](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162364/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162364.jpg)
Main hall
![If you don't get a good fortune tie it in a knot and leave it behind!](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162363/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162363.jpg)
If you don't get a good fortune tie it in a knot and leave it behind!
![Shrine attendant hurrying away after the wedding was over](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162579/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162579.jpg)
Shrine attendant hurrying away after the wedding was over
![Red torii gate](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162367/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162367.jpg)
Red torii gate
![Too early for cherryblossom but we could see the buds](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162578/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162578.jpg)
Too early for cherryblossom but we could see the buds
![Heart shaped ema boards](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162369/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162369.jpg)
Heart shaped ema boards
![View over Kobe](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162575/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162575.jpg)
View over Kobe
![The weathercock of Weathercock Mansion](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162576/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162576.jpg)
The weathercock of Weathercock Mansion
![Close-up of pretty omikuji paper knot](https://a3.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/33320-162368/1000/hyogo-kitano-tenman-shrine-in-kobe-162368.jpg)
Close-up of pretty omikuji paper knot
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Preethu
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