It's about a 10-minute ride on the Kongo Bus from the bus stop in front of Kintetsu Kishi Station. When you get off at the Taishi-mae bus stop, a flight of stairs will unfold before you. Even from the bottom of the stairs, the impressive mausoleum of Prince Shotoku, Isonagayama Eifuku-ji Temple, can be seen in a straight line behind the vermilion Great South Gate. The mausoleum (three bones and one mausoleum) contains the remains of Prince Shotoku, his mother, Empress Anahobe no Hashihito, and his wife, Kashiwabe no Oiratsume. It is said that Empress Suiko built the mausoleum to protect it, and Emperor Shomu renovated the large temple complex in 724.

Once you pass through the Great South Gate, you will find yourself in beautiful, well-maintained gravel-covered grounds. On the left side of the grounds is a large hall called the Kondo. The principal image is a 90cm-tall Nyoirin Kannon statue. Flanking it are Acala and Aizen Myoo. A plaque left in the roof of the temple clearly indicates that the temple was rebuilt in 1732, and both the plaque and the temple are designated cultural properties of Osaka Prefecture.

Continue up the stairs further into the temple grounds. Inside the Nitenmon Gate, the Upper Hall, the Jodo Hall, the Sutra Hall and other buildings are built around the mausoleum, and it is said that Prince Shotoku, his mother and his wife are buried in the mausoleum, which is known as the Three Bone One Mausoleum. It is also said that in the Jodo Hall, music was heard from the mausoleum for 99 nights when Kobo Daishi was in seclusion, and the three deities (Amida Buddha, Kannon Bodhisattva, and Seishi Bodhisattva) came to welcome him.

Across the street from Eifuku-ji Temple, at the end of an alley, is Saiho-ji Temple. After Prince Shotoku's death, his wet nurses, Princess Tsukimasu, Princess Himasu, and Princess Tamateru (who are said to be the daughters of Soga no Umako, Ono no Imoko, and Mononobe no Moriya, respectively), shaved their heads, became Buddhist nuns, and built a hall in front of his grave to pray for the prince's soul. Saiho-in Temple is located at the top of an even longer staircase than Eifuku-ji Temple, and from the top of the stairs you can see the mausoleum, as if it were watching over you.

Return to Kishi Station and take the Kintetsu Railway to the Tondabayashi West Exit. Just a five-minute walk from the station will take you to Jinanimachi, where the atmosphere of a merchant house from the Edo period remains strong. First, visit the former Sugiyama family home, which operated a sake brewery from the Edo to Meiji periods and is said to be the oldest building in Jinanimachi. The former Sugiyama family home is also known as the birthplace of Ishikawa Tsuyuko, a poet of the Myojo school. It is open to the public (fees apply) and you can tour the interior and gardens. Be sure to check out the details, such as the transoms, the large alcove, and the sliding door paintings.

Located across from the former Sugiyama residence, this facility is marked by a paper lantern. It displays tools of the trade, store signs, and onigawara (roof tiles). You can take a break for free, so why not stop by during your stroll? There are also vending machines and restrooms available.

Jonomo-dori Street was the main street of Jinanimachi back then. As befits a main street, it is lined with large old houses that once ran temples, lumber merchants, breweries, oil shops, and more. With one house per block, these large mansions, the kind you rarely see in Osaka today, give a glimpse into the prosperity of the time. It's also fun to compare the architectural styles of the time, such as the white walls, wooden fences, wooden lattices, cage-shaped Mushikomado, onigawara tiles, and small smoke-vent roofs of each old house.

Jonomo-dori Street was the main street of Jinanimachi back then. As befits a main street, it is lined with large old houses that once ran temples, lumber merchants, breweries, oil shops and more. With one house per block, these grand mansions are the kind of thing you rarely see in Osaka today, and they give an idea of the prosperity of the time. Jinanimachi was established during the Sengoku period, with the white walls, wooden fences, wooden lattices and Mushikomado of each old house. All over the town, there are ingenious measures to ward off the chaos of war, such as "ninja-gaeshi," which is a line of sharp bamboo or wood on top of a fence. Other examples include "atemage-no-michi," which is a road that is offset by about half a meter from the main road to obstruct visibility, and other ingenious measures to protect people's lives are put to good use everywhere.