More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  This third post on Otagi Nembutsuji Temple in Arashiyama focuses on close-up portraits of some of the 1200 Rakan statues there. Earlier po...

  Rakan, or Arhats, usually come in groups of 500. Said to be the disciples of the Buddha, many temples will have a full 500 statues, but ma...

  Otagi Nembutsuji Temple is now located in a narrow valley just outside Arashiyama, usually a bit too far for most tourists to walk to. How...