William Gowland: the ‘Father of Japanese Archaeology’ William Gowland was one of the many foreign advisors who went to Japan in the Meiji era (1862-1912). He was a skilled metallurgist and was employed at the Osaka Mint from 1872 to 1888. …

As I'm much interested in visiting small shrine in Osaka, I always check it by Web surfing. One day I found a picture which shows the remains of Inari-Jinja(shrine). The picture was used on someone's website and it was taken in Higashi-osa…