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Buddhist temples in Japan, like temples, shrines, and churches all over the world, are often repositories of a lot of art. Some temples ha... -
This is one of the more than 1000 Hina dolls on display at the Nagashibina Doll Museum in Mochigase Town, Tottori Nagashibina refers ... -
Mukade Caught this little bugger yesterday crawling across my floor. In japanese it is called Mukade, which means "100 legs"... -
While in Miyakonojo I stopped by a strange piece of architecture, the Miyakonojo Civic Center. It was built in 1966 and was designed b... -
A Buke Yashiki is best translated as samurai residence, and this one in the castle town of Matsue belonged to middle -ranked samurai. It i... -
Gokurakuji Temple is hidden away in a corner of Kinosaki Onsen and is barely visited by the majority of visitors to the resort town, who w... -
A Teahouse Garden, called roji or chatei, differs from the other two main types of Japanese garden, the karesansui, dry garden, often call... -
Yutoku Inari Shrine near Kashima in Saga is considered one of the three great Inari shrines of Japan. Though not so easy to access it stil... -
The former Kajimura Residence in the Joto Historic District along the Izumo Kaido in Tsuyama is now known as Joto Mukashi Machiya which ... -
The next big temple after Daionji along Teramachi in Nagasaki is Kotaiji, and there was a little bit more to see here. The first building ...