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Showing posts with label miyajima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miyajima. Show all posts
Monday, February 23, 2009

The floating Torii of Miyajima

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I'm going against the grain of the title of my blog this time as this is MOST familiar japan. It is of course the floating torii in fron...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Tengu Mask

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The earliest form of Tengu in Japan was a half-bird half-man creature, the Karasu (crow) Tengu, but the commonest form is the red faced, lon...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Deer of Miyajima

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Miyajima, the popular tourist destination in the Inland Sea near Hiroshima City is home to many deer. Since ancient times the island has bee...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Monkey raid

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Monkey Raid Sitting at my computer yesterday I heard a rustle in the persimmon tree just outside the screen door. An adult monkey had jump...
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